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Construction — Central London [sample run] evidence record unreferenced

roof[{'material': 'records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--outer-roof-sample-run-ceramic-tiles-slate-shingles-concrete', 'thickness': 0.05}, {'material': 'records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--concrete-sample-run', 'thickness': 0.15}, {'thickness': 0.12}]
roof_insulation_layer2
wall_insulation_layer2
constructionslondoncityunreferenced

Parameters

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

roof[{'material': 'records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--outer-roof-sample-run-ceramic-tiles-slate-shingles-concrete', 'thickness': 0.05}, {'material': 'records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--concrete-sample-run', 'thickness': 0.15}, {'thickness': 0.12}]
roof_insulation_layer2
wall[{'material': 'records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--outer-wall-sample-run-stone-concrete-brick-wood-concrete-35-glazed', 'thickness': 0.087}, {'material': 'records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--concrete-sample-run', 'thickness': 0.0497}, {'material': 'records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--concrete-sample-run', 'thickness': 0.0497}]
wall_insulation_layer2

Provenance evidence

Awaiting sign-off

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

Urban Storage Heat Flux Variability Explored Using Satellite, Meteorological and Geodata.Validation

Where: Section 4.1, Sites and meteorological forcing data, p. 273

Defines the London model domain as 21.5 km by 21.4 km and describes the three city applications.

Urban Storage Heat Flux Variability Explored Using Satellite, Meteorological and Geodata.Validation

Where: Table 2, ESTM surface material properties, p. 274, 275

Labels the relevant building classes with "(L)" for London and publishes their roof, wall and internal aggregate properties and material classes, but no layer thicknesses.

Urban Storage Heat Flux Variability Explored Using Satellite, Meteorological and Geodata.Later compilation

Where: Historical SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt, code 801

Labels code 801 "GLA Urban fabric >80", place London and origin GLA. Its roof triplets are 0.05/1.142/1606620, 0.15/0.93/1500000 and 0.12/0.05/290000; its wall triplets are 0.087/0.760645/1046908.363 and two repeats of 0.0497/0.93/1500000. Layers four and five are sentinel -999 values for both roof and wall.

Where: Pre-migration Spartacus Surface row 37240894

Row 37240894 preserves the material IDs used by the malformed migration input.

Where: Pre-migration Spartacus Material rows 36243784, 36243786 and 36243787

The material registry maps 36243784 to conductivity 1.142, 36243786 to 0.93 and 36243787 to 0.760645; those exact matches prove the retained material references. The concrete assignment for roof layer three is rejected because code 801 gives conductivity 0.05 there.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Central London is supported, and the retained bracketed "sample run" marker explicitly distinguishes this preserved SUEWS configuration from a construction parameter set published verbatim in the article.
issue #257
Targetsupported
Both the article and historical ESTM row describe building roof, wall and internal thermal construction properties, matching the construction target.
Valuessupported
Historical code 801 supports the three roof thicknesses 0.05, 0.15 and 0.12 m and the three wall thicknesses 0.087, 0.0497 and 0.0497 m. Material references are retained only where the pinned conductivity and pre-migration material mapping agree. The third roof layer correctly carries only its supported thickness because no material record represents its k 0.05 W m-1 K-1 and rhoCp 290000 J m-3 K-1 without inventing a specific-heat/density split.
Sourcesupported
Lindberg et al. document the London ESTM construction classes and aggregate properties, but the pinned historical SUEWS configuration row supplies the stored layer triplets. Source unreferenced is therefore honest for the exact configuration, while source_legacy_ref 90240057 preserves the article link recorded by the migration registry without attributing unpublished layer values to it.
Placesupported
The record now declares London. The article models a 21.5 km by 21.4 km London domain and identifies its building classes as London; historical code 801 is labelled "GLA Urban fabric >80", place London, origin GLA. The stable path and origin retain legacy UK migration text.
Representativenesssupported
City matches a construction class applied across the London/GLA urban domain. The evidence does not support the former UK-regional generalisation.
Methodsupported
Assumed identifies the stored layer stack as a retained application configuration whose assembly procedure is not documented, rather than as measured, fitted, calculated or verbatim literature values.
Identitysupported
Historical code 801 establishes a distinct high-density GLA construction class; stable path, name, origin, legacy ID 37240894 and source legacy reference retain the migrated sample-run identity while its corrected layer stack remains traceable to that configuration.
issue #257

Scientific note

This entry is retained as a traceable SUEWS configuration identity, not presented as a construction stack published verbatim by Lindberg et al. Historical code 801 at https://github.com/UMEP-dev/SUEWS/blob/a665422686c8464f7829aa16a46134331e0c04af/docs/source/inputs/tables/ESTM_input/SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt#L10 settles the layer count and thicknesses and labels the configuration "GLA Urban fabric >80". Table 2 supplies aggregate London material classes, not those layer thicknesses. Source unreferenced and method assumed make that distinction explicit; source_legacy_ref 90240057 retains the article link carried by pre-migration row 37240894. Stable path, London/city scope, origin, legacy ID, sample-run name and all parameter values remain unchanged.

Model-ready fragment

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

roof:
- material: records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--outer-roof-sample-run-ceramic-tiles-slate-shingles-concrete
  thickness:
    value: 0.05
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: london, city
- material: records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--concrete-sample-run
  thickness:
    value: 0.15
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: london, city
- thickness:
    value: 0.12
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: london, city
roof_insulation_layer:
  value: 2
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: london, city
wall:
- material: records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--outer-wall-sample-run-stone-concrete-brick-wood-concrete-35-glazed
  thickness:
    value: 0.087
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: london, city
- material: records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--concrete-sample-run
  thickness:
    value: 0.0497
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: london, city
- material: records/materials/generic--lindberg-f2020--concrete-sample-run
  thickness:
    value: 0.0497
    ref:
      ID: unreferenced
      DOI: null
      desc: london, city
wall_insulation_layer:
  value: 2
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: london, city

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Record metadata

Sourceunreferenced — no citation was recorded in the legacy database; treat with care
Placelondon
Scopecity
Targetconstruction
Origin“UK” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 37240894

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