Welcome to the UMEP tutorial website

Documentation Status

To help users getting started with UMEP, the community is working on setting up tutorials and instructions for different parts of the UMEP tool. The tutorials available are found in the table below.

Note

One essential part when working with geodata in a GIS is to make sure that a common coordinate reference system (CRS) is used, both for the data itself and the current QGIS-project you are working in. For more info, see here. It is strongly recommended to reproject/transform all geodatasets into the same projected coordinate system before any processing starts as well using a CRS that is based on meters.

Topic

Parts of UMEP

Name

Application

Location

Introducing UMEP - Daily shading

Processor and Post-processor

A First QGIS and UMEP activity

Shadow patterns for pedestrians

Gothenburg, Sweden

Solar Energy

Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor

Solar Energy - Introduction to SEBE

Amount of solar energy received on building facets

Gothenburg, Sweden; London, UK

Urban energy balance

Processor

Urban Energy Balance - SUEWS Introduction

Energy, water and radiation fluxes for one location

London, UK

Spatial data

Pre-Processor

Spatial data - Generate a digital surface model

Generating DSMs using Open Street Map data

Gothenburg, Sweden (World)

Spatial data

Pre-Processor and FUSION/LDV

Spatial data - Generating UMEP input data from a LiDAR point cloud

Generating UMEP input data from a LiDAR point cloud

Gothenburg, Sweden

Urban energy balance

Pre-Processor and Processor

Urban Energy Balance - SUEWS Advanced

Energy, water and radiation fluxes for one location

London, UK

Source Area Footprint

Pre-Processor

Footprint modelling

Interpretation of eddy covariance flux source areas

London, UK

Urban energy balance

Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor

Urban Energy Balance - SUEWS Spatial

Energy, water and radiation fluxes for a spatial grid

New York City, US

Urban energy balance

Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor

Urban Energy Balance - SUEWS and WUDAPT

Making use of WUDAPT local climate zones in SUEWS

New York City, US

Outdoor thermal comfort

Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor

Thermal Comfort - Introduction to SOLWEIG

Mean radiation temperature modelling in complex urban settings

Gothenburg, Sweden; New York City, US

Anthropogenic heat

Processor

Anthropogenic heat - GQF

Anthropogenic heat modelling in London using GQF (uses the GreaterQF methodology)

London, UK

Anthropogenic heat

Processor

Anthropogenic heat - LQF

Anthropogenic heat modelling in London using LQF (uses the LUCY methodology)

London, UK

UMEP for Processing

Pre-Processor, Processor

Introduction to UMEP and the QGIS Processing framework

Create UMEP workflows using the Processing Toolbox in QGIS

Gothenburg, Sweden

Outdoor Thermal Comfort

Pre-Processor, Processor

Thermal Comfort - Introduction to TreePlanter

Locating trees to mitigate heat stress

Gothenburg, Sweden

Urban Heat Island

Pre-Processor, Processor, Post-processor

Urban Heat Island - TARGET

Spatial variation of air temperature

Gothenburg, Sweden

Urban Heat Island

Pre-Processor, Processor, Post-processor

Urban Heat Island - Urban Weather Generator

Spatial variation of air temperature

Gothenburg, Sweden

Python Scripting

Processor

Introduction to UMEP Python scripting

Python in QGIS/UMEP and Jupyter Notebook for Windows

Gothenburg, Sweden

Python Scripting

Pre-Processor, Processor

Python for processing (SOLWEIG)

Python in QGIS/UMEP for processing in Linux/Mac

Gothenburg, Sweden

Urban Wind Fields

Pre-Processor, Processor, Post-Processor

Urban Wind Field - Introduction to URock

Modelling of 3D wind in urban areas

Gothenburg, Sweden

Outdoor Thermal Comfort

Pre-Processor, Processor, Post-Processor

Thermal Comfort - Spatial Thermal Comfort

Generating raster maps of outdoor thermal comfort

Gothenburg, Sweden

Direct link back to the UMEP Manual.