Heat Stress Module getting started

There are several approaches for getting started with the DPRA Heat Stress Module, which are listed below.

Tutorials

• Tutorial on how to create a Heat Stress Overlay using the Wizard.
• Trees and foliage tutorial

How-to's and instructions for specific configurations

Heat Stress Overlay Wizard

• The steps in the Heat Stress Overlay configuration wizard are summarized here

Foliage data

• How to adjust the foliage height and crown factor
• How to import foliage height areas
• How to import a foliage height GeoTIFF

KNMI data

• How to import KNMI weather data into Microsoft Excel
• How to calculate the hourly radiation
• How to calculate the hourly humidity
• How to calculate the hourly wind direction
• How to calculate the hourly wind speed
• How to calculate the daily average wind speed
• How to calculate the daily min and max temperature
• How to calculate the daily average radiation

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Heat Stress Module

Heat Stress Module

Tutorials

Overview

Theory

Benchmarks

Group

Model attributes

Model attributes

Daily average radiation • Daily average wind speed • Daily maximum temperature • Daily minimum temperature • Dates • Exclude buildings • Exclude water • Exclude foliage height m • Foliage areas • Hourly humidity • Hourly radiation • Hourly temperature • Max shadow distance • Sun altitude • Sun azimuth • Sun daily motion • Wind direction • Wind speed • Wind decline angle

Group

Feature attributes

Building attributes

Bowen ratio • Foliage height • Foliage crown factor • Vegetation fraction

Terrain attributes

Bowen ratio •  Vegetation fraction

Area attributes

Foliage height

Group

Prequels

Prequels

Building elevation • Foliage height • Terrain elevation

Related

Calculation models and formulas • Feature attributes • Model attributes • Result types