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Buildings · surfaces — Stone Houses, Traditional Neighbourhoodbldgs composite

Surface bundlesbldgsswedenregional

Composition

This composite is assembled from the entries below. Each evidence record keeps its own scientific review; a separate composition review assesses why these components were selected and how they are mapped.

albedoCentral London london Awaiting sign-off
alb 0.12
emissivityBuilding generic Awaiting sign-off
emis 0.95
water_storageBuilding generic Awaiting sign-off
storage_drain_params.store_min 0.25 · storage_drain_params.store_max 0.25
drainageBuilding generic Awaiting sign-off
storage_drain_params.drain_eq 3 · storage_drain_params.drain_coef_1 10 · storage_drain_params.drain_coef_2 3
constructionTraditional Stone Neighbourhood City, late 1800s-early 1900s gothenburg Source inaccessible
roof [{'material': 'records/materials/generic--hertwig2024a--steel', 'thickness': 0.01}, {'material': 'records/materials/generic--unreferenced--roofing-felt', 'thickness': 0.01}, {'material': 'records/materials/generic--cibse2015--wood', 'thickness': 0.025}] · roof_insulation_layer 6 · wall [{'material': 'records/materials/generic--hertwig2024a--external-render-lime-sand', 'thickness': 0.01}, {'material': 'records/materials/generic--hertwig2024a--brick-protected', 'thickness': 0.29}, {'material': 'records/materials/generic--cibse2015--wood', 'thickness': 0.025}, {'material': 'records/materials/generic--hertwig2024a--plaster-dense', 'thickness': 0.01}]
snow_lim_patchBuildings generic Awaiting sign-off
snowpack_limit 190
ohm · summer_wetRoof (own for SMEAR III, Helsinki) [750] helsinki Awaiting sign-off
a1 0.19 · a2 0.54 · a3 -15.125
ohm · summer_dryRoof (own for SMEAR III, Helsinki) [750] helsinki Awaiting sign-off
a1 0.19 · a2 0.54 · a3 -15.125
ohm · winter_wetRoof (own for SMEAR III, Helsinki) [750] helsinki Awaiting sign-off
a1 0.19 · a2 0.54 · a3 -15.125
ohm · winter_dryRoof (own for SMEAR III, Helsinki) [750] helsinki Awaiting sign-off
a1 0.19 · a2 0.54 · a3 -15.125

Composition provenance

Curation required

Assembled · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-23. Agent assessment is composition review preparation, not human verification.

Central LondonSelected component

Fills albedo. The record is named 'Central London', declares target land_cover.bldgs, place london, representativeness site, applicable_scale land_cover, source ward2016 and method fitted.

BuildingSelected component

Fills emissivity. The record is named Building, declares target land_cover.bldgs, place generic, representativeness generic, applicable_scale land_cover, source jarvi2011 and method literature.

BuildingSelected component

Fills water_storage. The stable Helsinki-path record declares target land_cover.bldgs, name Building, place generic, representativeness generic, applicable_scale land_cover, source jarvi2011 and method literature. Its Helsinki origin preserves migration/application lineage; the value is published as a generic Building parameter.

BuildingSelected component

Fills drainage. The record is named Building, declares target land_cover.bldgs, place generic, representativeness generic and applicable_scale land_cover.

Traditional Stone Neighbourhood City, late 1800s-early 1900sSelected component

Fills construction. The record is named 'Traditional Stone Neighbourhood City, late 1800s-early 1900s', declares target construction, place gothenburg and representativeness city, and layers records/materials/generic--hertwig2024a--external-render-lime-sand, records/materials/generic--hertwig2024a--brick-protected at 0.29 m, wood and dense plaster in its wall.

BuildingsSelected component

Fills snow_lim_patch. The stable path and origin retain Helsinki migration lineage, while the record declares target land_cover.bldgs, name 'Buildings', place generic, representativeness generic, applicable_scale land_cover, source jarvi2014 and method literature, and carries snowpack_limit. It is the only buildings snowpack_limit record in the database.

Roof (own for SMEAR III, Helsinki) [750]Selected component

Fills ohm.summer_wet, ohm.summer_dry, ohm.winter_wet and ohm.winter_dry. The record is named 'Roof (own for SMEAR III, Helsinki) [750]', declares target ohm_coefficients, place helsinki and representativeness city, and declares no season_label.

Assessment findings

Composite identitysupported
The composite is named 'Stone Houses, Traditional Neighbourhood' and the construction it selects, records/constructions/gothenburg--bjork2002--traditional-stone-neighbourhood-city-late-1800s-early-1900s, is named 'Traditional Stone Neighbourhood City, late 1800s-early 1900s' and layers a lime-sand render, protected brick at 0.29 m, wood and dense plaster in its wall. The label identifies what the composite assembles.
Composite targetsupported
The composite's own target, land_cover.bldgs, is right for a building-surface typology, and every slot takes a component declared for it: the albedo, emissivity, water_storage, drainage and snow_lim_patch slots each take a record declaring target land_cover.bldgs, the construction slot takes a record declaring target construction, and the ohm positions take records declaring target ohm_coefficients. No record under records/surfaces/bldgs or records/ohm declares attaches_to, which in this database is carried only by the profile records, so slot fit here is judged on the components' declared target.
Own parameter valuesnot applicable
The composite declares no parameters block of its own, so it asserts no value beyond the components it selects.
Composition rationalenot applicable
The composite claims no composition source, and the repository records no published rationale for this selection. The components' own sources belong to their evidence assessments, not to this review.
Place applicabilitycuration required
The composite claims Sweden. Construction is the sole Swedish component, with place gothenburg. Albedo declares london; OHM declares helsinki; emissivity, water storage, drainage and snow_lim_patch are generic. The London albedo choice and predominantly non-Swedish assembly remain the curation questions.
Representativenesscuration required
The regional composite has one site component, albedo; two city components, construction and OHM; and four generic components. None is regional, so the national-scale composition remains a curation decision.
Slot and season mappingsupported
An assembly of existing records into slots; the composite produces no value of its own. records/ohm/helsinki--jarvi2014--buildings fills all four ohm positions, so the composite draws no summer/winter and no wet/dry distinction, and that record declares no season_label of its own.
Completeness and uniquenesscuration required
All seven slots are filled, but the assembly is not unique. archetypes/surfaces/bldgs/helsinki--city-centre selects exactly the same record in every slot: the same albedo, emissivity, water_storage, drainage, construction and snow_lim_patch, and records/ohm/helsinki--jarvi2014--buildings in all four ohm positions. The two composites differ only in their envelopes, this one declaring name 'Stone Houses, Traditional Neighbourhood', place sweden and representativeness regional and the other declaring name 'City centre ', place helsinki and representativeness city. They therefore deliver the same parameter set under two identities. This composite's legacy_id, 20258001, also departs from the 202400xx form every other building composite carries. A maintainer must decide whether one of the two should select different components or whether one should go.

Scientific note

The construction is the right record and it is Swedish: records/constructions/gothenburg--bjork2002--traditional-stone-neighbourhood-city-late-1800s-early-1900s, a rendered brick fabric from Gothenburg, matches the composite's name exactly. Around it the assembly is entirely borrowed. The albedo is a London row named 'Central London', chosen over the two generic archived configurations with Gothenburg lineage, neither of which describes a rendered facade. Of the remaining five selected records, OHM declares Helsinki, while emissivity, water storage, drainage and snowpack_limit are generic. The sharper problem is uniqueness. Slot for slot this composite selects the identical set to archetypes/surfaces/bldgs/helsinki--city-centre, so a Swedish regional stone typology and a Finnish city centre resolve to the same parameters and differ only in the labels on their envelopes. Its legacy_id, 20258001, does not share the form of its siblings either, which is consistent with a later addition. Whether the duplication is intended, and which of the two should change, is a curation decision; nothing here calls for a component value to change, and the components' own values remain subject to their evidence assessments.

Model-ready fragment

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

alb:
  value: 0.12
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: london, site, land_cover
emis:
  value: 0.95
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic, land_cover
storage_drain_params:
  store_min:
    value: 0.25
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
  store_max:
    value: 0.25
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
  drain_eq:
    value: 3
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
  drain_coef_1:
    value: 10
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
  drain_coef_2:
    value: 3
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
wet_threshold:
  value: 0.25
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic, land_cover
snowpack_limit:
  value: 190
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2014
    DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
    desc: generic, generic, land_cover
ohm_coef:
  summer_wet:
    a1:
      value: 0.19
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
    a2:
      value: 0.54
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
    a3:
      value: -15.125
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
  summer_dry:
    a1:
      value: 0.19
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
    a2:
      value: 0.54
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
    a3:
      value: -15.125
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
  winter_wet:
    a1:
      value: 0.19
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
    a2:
      value: 0.54
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
    a3:
      value: -15.125
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
  winter_dry:
    a1:
      value: 0.19
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
    a2:
      value: 0.54
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet
    a3:
      value: -15.125
      ref:
        ID: unreferenced
        DOI: null
        desc: helsinki, city, facet

Composition review

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Composite metadata

Placesweden
Scoperegional
Targetland_cover.bldgs · docs
Origin“Sweden” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 20258001

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