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Surface conductance — Default Jarvi et al. (2011) gsModel=1 evidence record

g_max16.4764
g_k566.0923
g_q_base0.2163
g_q_shape3.3649
conductancegenericgenericJärvi 2011

Parameters

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

g_max16.4764
g_k566.0923
g_q_base0.2163
g_q_shape3.3649
g_t11.0764
g_sm0.0176
th40
tl0
s10.45
s215
kmax1200

Context

Conditions the set was derived under; not model inputs themselves.

context.surface_conductance_model1

Provenance evidence

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Fitted · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-24. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

The Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS): Evaluation in Los Angeles and Vancouver.Parameter source

Where: Table 2(b), general model run options, p. 223

Publishes the base-run values G1 16.48, G2 566.1, G3 0.216, G4 3.36, G5 11.07, G6 0.018, TH 40, TL 0, S1 0.45, S2 15 and Kmax 1200.

Where: Section 3.2, Parameter estimation, p. 225

Describes the 100-subset bootstrap and non-linear least-squares fit to five Vancouver and Los Angeles datasets, undertaken to generalise the coefficients for urban environments.

Where: Table 5(b), all-data 50% row, p. 227

Gives N 760 and the selected median coefficients G1 16.48, G2 566.1, G3 0.216, G4 3.36, G5 11.07 and G6 0.018 at the article's printed precision.

Where: Section 4.2, Surface conductance, p. 228

States that the final base-run coefficients are the median values from the 100 bootstrap subsets and describes them as the general all-dataset set.

This is the original publication of the fitted conductance parameter set. It supports the fit, method, pooled Vancouver and Los Angeles origin and article-precision values, but does not print the extra decimal places preserved by the later release workbook.

SUEWS v2016a release workbook: SUEWS_SiteInfo18_Lo.xlsmLater compilation

Where: SUEWS_Conductance, row 3, cells A3:O3

The static cells contain A3 code 100; B3:L3 values 16.4764, 566.0923, 0.2163, 3.3649, 11.0764, 0.0176, 40, 0, 0.45, 15 and 1200; N3 Default; and O3 Jarvi et al. (2011). The downloaded workbook bytes have SHA-256 e1a34632b0ab6b1aa379b8329a92ee584d130f54941c3d9eeca3e3303cde1d42.

The authoritative v2016a release artifact republishes the Järvi fit as SUEWS default code 100 and preserves the exact decimals carried by this database record.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Järvi et al. publish the conductance fit used for the base run, and the release workbook labels the exact row Default and Jarvi et al. (2011).
Targetsupported
Equation 15 defines the integrated surface-conductance parameterisation, and the workbook preserves the corresponding values on the SUEWS_Conductance sheet.
Valuessupported
Tables 2 and 5 publish G1-G6 at rounded precision and Table 2 publishes TH, TL, S1, S2 and Kmax exactly. The pinned v2016a workbook row publishes the complete stored tuple, including the exact four-decimal G1-G6 values, without requiring a value change.
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Sourcesupported
Järvi et al. (2011) remains the original fit publication and parameter source. The separate UMEP-dev source records the later release workbook as an exact default compilation, rather than attributing its extra decimal places to the article.
issue #302
Placesupported
Five datasets from Vancouver and Los Angeles were pooled expressly to generalise the fitted values for urban environments. Generic is therefore the parameter's intended application place, while origin now records the two cities that supplied the observations.
Representativenesssupported
The article presents the pooled all-dataset median as a general urban parameter set and uses it in the SUEWS base run, supporting generic rather than a single-site evidence scope.
Methodsupported
Section 3.2 fits G1-G6 by non-linear least-squares regression within 100 bootstrap subsets, and Section 4.2 selects their median coefficients for the all-dataset base run.
Identitysupported
Stable path and legacy ID 44240001 preserve the migrated default conductance row; no other current conductance record repeats this exact value set.

Scientific note

The exact values have two distinct provenance roles. Järvi et al. (2011) is the original fit publication: Table 5(b) reports the pooled five-dataset 50th-percentile G1-G6 set at printed precision, while Sections 3.2 and 4.2 document its non-linear least-squares and bootstrap derivation. The later SUEWS v2016a workbook is the exact default compilation: SUEWS_Conductance row 3 labels code 100 as Default and Jarvi et al. (2011), while B3:L3 retain the complete eleven-value tuple. The stored numbers are unchanged; origin is corrected from Unspecified to Vancouver and Los Angeles, and method is recorded as fitted.

Model-ready fragment

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

g_max:
  value: 16.4764
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
g_k:
  value: 566.0923
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
g_q_base:
  value: 0.2163
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
g_q_shape:
  value: 3.3649
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
g_t:
  value: 11.0764
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
g_sm:
  value: 0.0176
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
th:
  value: 40
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
tl:
  value: 0
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
s1:
  value: 0.45
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
s2:
  value: 15
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic
kmax:
  value: 1200
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic

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Record metadata

Placegeneric
Scopegeneric
Targetconductance · docs
Origin“Vancouver and Los Angeles” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 44240001

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