# Biophysical table for the land use classes?

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**Category:** Science, Research & Data\
**Tags:** urban-cooling\
**Created:** [August 4, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/biophysical-table-for-the-land-use-classes/6127 "2025-08-04T15:17:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![megannissel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/megannissel/32/3547_2.png) [@megannissel](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/u/megannissel)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/biophysical-table-for-the-land-use-classes/6127/4 "2025-08-05T14:36:33Z")

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Hi @ed_T,

For Kc, you may find the User’s Guide [Data Sources section on Kc](https://storage.googleapis.com/releases.naturalcapitalproject.org/invest-userguide/latest/en/data_sources.html#kc) helpful. It links to a couple of resources that can be used to find / calculate Kc values, including an [online resource provided by FAO](https://www.fao.org/4/X0490E/x0490e0b.htm) and a [spreadsheet provided by the Natural Capital Project](https://github.com/natcap/invest.users-guide/raw/main/data-sources/kc_calculator.xlsx).

For albedo, I’d recommend taking a look at the literature recommended by the [User’s Guide here](https://storage.googleapis.com/releases.naturalcapitalproject.org/invest-userguide/latest/en/urban_cooling_model.html#albedo):

> Albedo for urban built infrastructure can be found in local microclimate literature. Deilami et al. 2018 and Bartesaghi et al. 2018 provide a useful review. Stewart and Oke (2012) provide value ranges for typical LULC categories.

For shade, this previous forum post about calculating shade values may be helpful: [Urban Cooling Model shade values on sample data](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/urban-cooling-model-shade-values-on-sample-data/1626)

In general, there are several prior conversations on the forum related to this topic; please browse the discussions under the urban-cooling tag here: [Topics tagged urban-cooling](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/tag/urban-cooling)

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