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Surface conductance — Updated Ward et al. (2016) gsModel=2 [sample run] record

g_max3.5
g_k200
g_q_base0.13
g_q_shape0.7
conductancegenericgenericWard 2016

Parameters

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

g_max3.5
g_k200
g_q_base0.13
g_q_shape0.7
g_t30
g_sm0.05
th55
tl-10
s15.56
s20
kmax1200

Context

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

context.surface_conductance_model2

Model-ready fragment

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

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

Placegeneric
Scopegeneric
Targetconductance · docs
Origin“Unspecified” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 44240002
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