Urban land surface processes need to be represented to inform future urban climate and building energy projections. Here, the single layer urban canopy model Town Energy Balance (TEB) is coupled to the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to create WRF‐TEB. The coupling method is described generically, implemented into software, and the code and data are released with a Singularity image to address issues of scientific reproducibility. The coupling is implemented modularly and verified by an integration test. Results show no detectable errors in the coupling. Separately, a meteorological evaluation is undertaken using observations from Toulouse, France. The latter evaluation, during an urban canopy layer heat island episode, shows reasonable ability to estimate turbulent heat flux densities and other meteorological quantities. We conclude that new model couplings should make use of integration tests as meteorological evaluations by themselves are insufficient, given that errors are difficult to attribute because of the interplay between observational errors and multiple parameterization schemes (e.g., radiation, microphysics, and boundary layer).

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WRF-TEB：气象研究与预报（WRF）与城镇能源平衡（TEB）耦合模型的实施和评估

需要代表城市地表过程，以告知未来的城市气候和建筑能耗预测。在此，将单层城市雨棚模型“城镇能源平衡”（TEB）与“天气研究与预报”（WRF）模型耦合以创建WRF-TEB。对该耦合方法进行了一般性描述，并实现到软件中，并且代码和数据与奇点图像一起发布，以解决科学可重复性的问题。耦合是模块化实现的，并通过集成测试进行了验证。结果表明在耦合中没有可检测到的错误。另外，使用法国图卢兹的观测数据进行了气象评估。在城市冠层热岛事件期间，后者的评估显示出合理的能力来估计湍流热通量密度和其他气象量。