# Introduction

## Prescribing Transient Urban Albedo in CESM (CESM-TranUrbAlb)

- Paper "Sun, Y., et al. (2024). Improving Urban Climate Adaptation Modelling in the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Through Transient Urban Surface Albedo Representation. *Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems*, 16(12), e2024MS004380. [10.1029/2024MS004380](https://doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004380)"
  - [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/envdes/code_DynamicUrbanAlbedo)
  - [Open Access Data](https://doi.org/10.48420/27867357)
  
  - Presentation: [29th CESM Workshop](https://www.cesm.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/2024-06/2024cesmlmwgsun.pdf), [12th ICUC](../files/ICUC12-33.pdf)

- [CESM-TranUrbAlb User Guide]()

## Representing Urban LCZ Land Cover in CESM (CESM-LCZ)

- Paper "Enhancing Global-Scale Urban Land Cover Representation Using Local Climate Zones in the Community Earth System Model"
  - [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/envdes/code_CESM_LCZ)
  - Presentation: [21st AOGS](../files/aogs_poster.png), [CESM 2025 Winter Group Meeting](https://www.cesm.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/2025-02/2025-cesm-lmwgbgcwg-ysun.pdf)
  
- [CESM-LCZ User Guide](projects/lcz/index.rst)

## Modeling Urban Traffic Heat Flux in CESM

- Paper
  - [GitHub Repository]()
  - Presentation: [30th CESM Workshop](https://www.cesm.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/2025-06/2025cesmsun.pdf)

- [CESM-Traffic User Guide]()

## Coupling WRF and CTSM (WRF-CTSM)

- Paper 
  - [GitHub Repository]()
- [WRF-CTSM User Guide](projects/wrf-ctsm/index.rst)

# Support

## Useful Links

- GitHub Repository
  - [WRF](https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF)
  - [CTSM](https://github.com/ESCOMP/CTSM)
- User Guide
  - [WPS User Guide](https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrf_users_guide/build/html/wps.html)
  - [WRF User Guide](https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrf_users_guide/build/html/index.html)
  - [CTSM User Guide](https://escomp.github.io/CTSM/release-clm5.0/index.html#)
  - [CTSM-LILAC user guide](https://escomp.github.io/CTSM/lilac/index.html)
- WRF-CTSM tutorial
  - [Using CTSM with WRF](https://escomp.github.io/CTSM/lilac/specific-atm-models/wrf.html)
  - [WRF-CTSM on the SIGMA2 HPC](https://metos-uio.github.io/CTSM-Norway-Documentation/wrf-ctsm/)
- Forum
  - [WRF & MPAS-A Support Forum](https://forum.mmm.ucar.edu)
  - [DiscussCESM Forums](https://bb.cgd.ucar.edu/cesm/)

## Inquiry For Help & Collaboration

- Please create an [Issues](https://github.com/YuanSun-UoM/esm-dev/issues) and [Discussions](https://github.com/YuanSun-UoM/esm-dev/discussions). The author will try to respond as soon as possible.