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regions — Southern Africa typology

Uses

anthropogenic_emissions	Central London london heat.qf_a.working_day 0.3743 · heat.qf_a.holiday 0.3412 · heat.qf_b.working_day 0
irrigation	Irrigation vancouver ie_start 152 · ie_end 243 · internalwateruse_h 0
soil	Below all surfaces (generic) se-england soil_depth 350 · soil_store_capacity 150 · saturated_hydraulic_conductivity 0.0005
snow	Snow helsinki radiation_melt_factor 0.0016 · temperature_melt_factor 0.12 · tau_cold_snow 0.018
conductance	Updated Ward et al. (2016) gsModel=2 [sample run] generic g_max 3.5 · g_k 200 · g_q_base 0.13
land_cover · paved	Central London, Ward et al. (2016) london
land_cover · bldgs	Central London, Ward et al. (2016) london
land_cover · bsoil	Central London, Ward et al. (2016) london
land_cover · grass	Grass Ward et al. (2016) london
land_cover · evetr	Evergreen Tree Ward et al. (2016) london
land_cover · dectr	Deciduous Tree Ward et al. (2016) london
land_cover · water	Water swindon
profiles · snow_clearing	Snow removed daytime helsinki holiday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 · working_day 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
profiles · water_use_manual · working_day	[old code: 11] los-angeles working_day 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
profiles · water_use_manual · holiday	[old code: 12] los-angeles holiday 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
profiles · water_use_automatic · working_day	[old code: 11] los-angeles working_day 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
profiles · water_use_automatic · holiday	[old code: 12] los-angeles holiday 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04

Parameters

Names follow the SUEWS YAML specification; click one for its definition in the configuration reference.

`anthropogenic_emissions.heat.baset_heating.working_day`	7
`anthropogenic_emissions.heat.baset_heating.holiday`	7
`anthropogenic_emissions.heat.baset_cooling.working_day`	7
`anthropogenic_emissions.heat.baset_cooling.holiday`	7

Legacy values (no home in the current model; kept verbatim under their original column names)

`BaseT_HC`	18.2
`Traffic_multiplier_OSM`	{"Tertiary":16.0,"Primary":110.8, "Motorway":159.2, "Motorway Road":36.0,"Secondary":52.1,"Residential, Living street":6.6}

Model-ready fragment

Paste under site in a SUEWS YAML configuration; every value carries its citation.

anthropogenic_emissions:
  heat:
    qf_a:
      working_day: 0.3743
      holiday: 0.3412
    qf_b:
      working_day: 0
      holiday: 0
    qf_c:
      working_day: 0.0073
      holiday: 0.0067
    baset_heating:
      working_day: 7
      holiday: 7
    baset_cooling:
      working_day: 7
      holiday: 7
irrigation:
  ie_start:
    value: 152
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: vancouver, city
  ie_end:
    value: 243
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: vancouver, city
  internalwateruse_h:
    value: 0
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: vancouver, city
  faut:
    value: 0.2
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: vancouver, city
  daywat:
    sunday: 1
    monday: 1
    tuesday: 1
    wednesday: 1
    thursday: 1
    friday: 1
    saturday: 1
  daywatper:
    sunday: 1
    monday: 1
    tuesday: 1
    wednesday: 1
    thursday: 1
    friday: 1
    saturday: 1
soil:
  soil_depth:
    value: 350
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: se-england, regional
  soil_store_capacity:
    value: 150
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: se-england, regional
  saturated_hydraulic_conductivity:
    value: 0.0005
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: se-england, regional
snow:
  snow_albedo_min:
    value: 0.18
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  snow_albedo_max:
    value: 0.85
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  narp_emissivity_snow:
    value: 0.99
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  radiation_melt_factor:
    value: 0.0016
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  temperature_melt_factor:
    value: 0.12
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  tau_cold_snow:
    value: 0.018
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  tau_melting_snow:
    value: 0.11
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  precipitation_threshold_albedo_reset:
    value: 2
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  snow_density_min:
    value: 100
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  snow_density_max:
    value: 400
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  tau_refreezing_snow:
    value: 0.043
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  water_holding_capacity_min:
    value: 0.05
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  water_holding_capacity_max:
    value: 0.2
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
  temperature_rain_snow_threshold:
    value: 2.2
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city
conductance:
  g_max:
    value: 3.5
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  g_k:
    value: 200
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  g_q_base:
    value: 0.13
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  g_q_shape:
    value: 0.7
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  g_t:
    value: 30
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  g_sm:
    value: 0.05
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  th:
    value: 55
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  tl:
    value: -10
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  s1:
    value: 5.56
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  s2:
    value: 0
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic
  kmax:
    value: 1200
    ref:
      ID: ward2016
      DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
      desc: generic, generic

Provenance

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Targetsite

Schema2026.5 · legacy row 10240018

Used by 5 entries

Botswana countries
Lesotho countries
Namibia countries
South Africa countries
Swaziland countries

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