Abstract

An important variable to calculate local temperatures is the Sky View Factor (SVF) which is the fraction of sky visible from the ground. The SVF depends on the height of the obstacles in the surroundings of a given location. The goal is to capture small features like houses and trees throughout the Netherlands at a very high resolution. SVF is essential to describe the urban climatology at scales below 100m. This proxy for net radiation depends on the height of the obstacles in its surroundings. Since global radiation the major forcing of diurnal temperature range the SVF is often used in urban heat island studies. This dataset comprises the Sky View Factor of The Netherlands at 0.5 meter resolution raster based on Actual Height Model of the Netherlands (AHN2) elevation dataset.

Supplemental information

Sky view factor calculations and its application in urban heat island studies https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2019.100498

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Metadata

Dataset name SVF_NL
Dataset version 3
Status completed
Last metadata update July 18, 2025, 11:31 (UTC)
Update frequency notPlanned
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
North bound latitude 53.7
East bound longitude 7.4
South bound latitude 50.6
West bound longitude 3.2
Dataset edition 2
Dataset manager Datasteward RDWD / Tim Vlemmix
Maintainer KNMI Data Services
Publication timestamp 2019-07-15T09:55:01Z
Reference system identifier PROJ.4+proj=sterea +lat_0=52.15616055555555 +lon_0=5.38763888888889 +k=0.9999079 +x_0=155000 +y_0=463000 +ellps=bessel +towgs84=565.4171,50.3319,465.5524,-0.398957388243134,0.343987817378283,-1.87740163998045,4.0725 +units=m +no_defs
Dataset start time 2007-01-01
Dataset end time 2013-01-01
Identifier urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::SVF_NL/3/
Lineage statement Processed dataset from original digital elevation data from PDOK data. The SVF was calculated from a rasterized point cloud height dataset (with 6-10 points per m2)*. At this scale small features like houses and trees throughout the Netherlands are captured. *Version 3 was based on the official PDOK 0.5m AHN2 raster
Use limitation No use limitations
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