Coupling detailed urban energy and water budgets with TEB-Hydro model: Towards an assessment tool for nature based solution performances

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly promoted to mitigate urbanization effects, such as the urban heat island. The release of latent requires availability water in soils. Models able represent both detailed and energy budgets needed for a reliable evaluation NBSs performances. TEB-Hydro model is recent hydro-microclimate that extends physics microclimate TEB-Veg processes subsoil order more realistically coupled budgets. Hence, aim this paper evaluate regarding how affect balance. applied an French catchment which hydrological data continuously collected. shows general good performances simulating sensible fluxes. Nevertheless, soil contents slightly underestimated during wet periods overestimated dry periods. Compared previous version (TEB-Veg) with simplified budget, tends overestimate fluxes than During periods, however, simulates better • Impact new developments on Coupling improves flux simulations. Limitation deep drainage affects simulations Strongly limited leads cooling effect vegetation.