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🏙️ Sunset City: Surface Energy Balance, Stored Heat and the Night Heat Island

Paint a 3D city block by block and watch the surface energy balance (absorbed sun, longwave, sensible and latent heat, stored heat) heat the streets by day and release it after sunset, with wind carrying the warmth downwind.

Climate, Ecology & Environment3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender
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Paint a 3D city block by block and watch the surface energy balance (absorbed sun, longwave, sensible and latent heat, stored heat) heat the streets by day and release it after sunset, with wind carrying the warmth downwind.

Urban Heat IslandEnergy BalanceAlbedoGreen RoofsClimateThree.jsBlender

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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