- By:
- Sweet-Breu, Levi; Rexer, Emily; Vernon, Chris; Dumas, Melissa R; Krawczyk, Stefan
- Journal Name:
- The Journal of Open Source Software
- Page Number:
- 6712
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue Number:
- 98
- Publication Date:
- June 19, 2024
- View DOI Listing:
- https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06712
Abstract
The Neighborhood Adaptive Tissues for Urban Resilience Futures tool (NATURF) is a Python workflow that generates files readable by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. NATURF uses geopandas (Jordahl et al., 2020) and hamilton (Krawczyk & Izzy, 2022) to calculate 132 building parameters from shapefiles with building footprint and height information. These parameters can be collected and used in many formats, and the primary output is a binary file configured for input to WRF. This workflow is a flexible adaptation of the National/World Urban Database and Access Portal Tool (NUDAPT/WUDAPT) (Ching et al., 2009; Mills et al., 2015) that can be used with any study area at any spatial resolution. The climate modeling community and urban planners can identify the effects of building/neighborhood morphology on the microclimate using the urban parameters and WRF-readable files produced by NATURF. More information on the urban parameters calculated can be found in the documentation.
