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OHM coefficients — Mixed Forest [20] McCaughey (1985) evidence record

a10.11
a20.11
a3-12.3
ohmLand-cover classGrimmond 1991

Parameters

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

a10.11
a20.11
a3-12.3

Provenance evidence

Verified

Fitted · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-21. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

Energy balance storage terms in a mature mixed forest at Petawawa, Ontario — A case studyInput observations

Where: Full article, Sections 2–5 and Tables II–IV, p. 89–101

Reports the Petawawa mixed-forest storage observations and net radiation. The full text contains no OHM a1–a3 coefficients, hysteresis regression or stored coefficient triplet.

An objective urban heat storage model and its comparison with other schemesParameter source

Where: Section 3, objective model derivation, p. 313

States the mixed-forest values a1 = 0.11, a2 = 0.11 h and a3 = -12.3 W m-2 while describing statistical analysis of independent observational datasets to obtain the OHM coefficients.

Heat storage in Urban Areas: Local-Scale Observations and Evaluation of a Simple ModelLater compilation

Where: Table 4, p. 932

Repeats the mixed-forest triplet and attributes the observational source to McCaughey (1985). Its post-1991 footnote does not change the fact that the exact triplet already appears on p. 313 of Grimmond et al. (1991).

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Targetsupported
Valuessupported
Sourcesupported
issue #11 · issue #13
Placenot applicable
Representativenessnot applicable
Applicable Scalesupported
The publications present this tuple as the mixed-forest surface-cover input before surface fractions are combined, establishing land-cover scale.
issue #46
Methodsupported
Identitysupported

Scientific note

McCaughey (1985) is the observation input, Grimmond et al. (1991) is the publication that states the stored fitted coefficients, and Grimmond and Oke (1999) is a later compilation. Of the three full publications checked, Grimmond et al. (1991) is the earliest one containing the exact triplet; the remaining lineage is preserved here.

Model-ready fragment

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

a1:
  value: 0.11
  ref:
    ID: grimmond1991b
    DOI: 10.1016/0957-1272(91)90003-W
    desc: land_cover
a2:
  value: 0.11
  ref:
    ID: grimmond1991b
    DOI: 10.1016/0957-1272(91)90003-W
    desc: land_cover
a3:
  value: -12.3
  ref:
    ID: grimmond1991b
    DOI: 10.1016/0957-1272(91)90003-W
    desc: land_cover

Evidence review

Verified

Verifier decisions

@sunt05 verified stale
2026-08-21

Record metadata

Applicable scaleLand-cover class
Targetohm_coefficients · docs
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 50240007
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