Datasets Used

Below an overview is provided of all the datasets used in the repository/for the thesis.

Dataset

Source

Description

Usage

AHN DTM

https://service.pdok.nl/rws/ahn/wcs/v1_0

Digital Height map of the whole of Netherlands, containing only ground heights

Creation of DTM, DSM and CHM

AHN DSM

https://service.pdok.nl/rws/ahn/wcs/v1_0

Digital Height map of the whole of Netherlands, containing all measured heights

Creation of DSM

GeoTiles

https://geotiles.citg.tudelft.nl/

Tiled .LAZ pointclouds of the whole of Netherlands, overlayed with aerial photographs for RGB

Creation of CHM

3DBAG

https://data.3dbag.nl/api/BAG3D/wfs

Dataset of 3d buildings in the Netherlands. The 2D LoD 1.3 is used

Creation of DSM, Land cover

BGT

https://api.pdok.nl/lv/bgt/ogc/v1

Basisregistratie Grootschalige Topografie (BGT), the detailed large-scale digital map of the whole of the Netherlands

Creation of Land cover

TOP10NL

https://api.pdok.nl/brt/top10nl/ogc/v1

Object-oriented topographical dataset of the Netherlands, ranging from 1:5,000 to 1:25,000 scale

Creation of Land cover

Urban Tree Database

https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/Catalog/RDS-2016-0005

Urban tree growth data collected over a period of 14 years (1998-2012) in 17 cities from 13 states across the United States

Creation of Tree database

UK Urban Tree Allometric Equations

https://zenodo.org/records/15593688

Records of trees in the UK with parameters as tree height, age, crown diameter and stem width.

Creation of Tree database

Shiny Weather Data

https://www.shinyweatherdata.com/

ERA5 meteorological data processed by shinyweather data from 2000 to 2024 for the location at 52.25°N latitude and 5.5°E longitude.

Creation of Meteorology datasets

Amsterdam Climate Bike

Private correspondence with G.J. Steeneveld, WUR

Radiation measurements (longwave and shortwave) and their locations collected with the Climate Bike in Amsterdam on August 23 and September 12, 2023. Air temperature and Relative humidity measurements from this dataset are also used

SOLFD accuracy evaluation

MAQ Observations

https://maq-observations.nl/data-downloads/

AAMS meteorological dataset with minute-resolution air temperature and global shortwave radiation measurements

SOLFD accuracy evaluation: meteorology dataset

Schiphol - uurgegevens weer

https://www.knmi.nl/nederland-nu/klimatologie/uurgegevens

Hourly meteorological data from KNMI the Schiphol Climate Station, including air pressure and relative humidity

SOLFD accuracy evaluation: meteorology dataset

In UMEP, it is possible to run simulations for any day using the ERA5 plug-in. However, this option is not used in this code because it requires additional setup steps, including the creation of an ERA5 account. Moreover, it could not be made to work due to upstream issues (see: https://github.com/UMEP-dev/UMEP/issues/685#issuecomment-2547039370).