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Snow parameters — Not used typology

Snow bundlesse-englandregionalWard 2016

Uses

albedoSnow helsinki
snow_albedo_min 0.18 · snow_albedo_max 0.85
emissivitySnow (sample data) helsinki
narp_emissivity_snow 0.99

Parameters

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

radiation_melt_factor0.001
temperature_melt_factor0.14
tau_cold_snow0.01
tau_melting_snow0.1
precipitation_threshold_albedo_reset2
snow_density_min100
snow_density_max450
tau_refreezing_snow0.02
water_holding_capacity_min0.03
water_holding_capacity_max0.1
temperature_rain_snow_threshold2.2

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

OHMSummerWet50240016
OHMSummerDry50240016
OHMWinterWet50240016
OHMWinterDry50240016
OHMThresh_SW10
OHMThresh_WD0.9

Model-ready fragment

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

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: 0.001
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
temperature_melt_factor:
  value: 0.14
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
tau_cold_snow:
  value: 0.01
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
tau_melting_snow:
  value: 0.1
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
precipitation_threshold_albedo_reset:
  value: 2
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
snow_density_min:
  value: 100
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
snow_density_max:
  value: 450
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
tau_refreezing_snow:
  value: 0.02
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
water_holding_capacity_min:
  value: 0.03
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
water_holding_capacity_max:
  value: 0.1
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional
temperature_rain_snow_threshold:
  value: 2.2
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, regional

Provenance

Scoperegional
Targetsnow · docs
Origin“SE England” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 23240040

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