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OHM coefficients — Vegetation (average). [200] This is the average of Codes 20, 30, 50, 51, 52, 53, 60 (i.e. includes soil and water). evidence record unreferenced

a10.336
a20.313
a3-31.4
ohmunreferenced

Parameters

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

a10.336
a20.313
a3-31.4

Provenance evidence

Unresolved

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

Heat storage in Urban Areas: Local-Scale Observations and Evaluation of a Simple ModelInput observations

Where: Table 4, Greenspace/Open rows corresponding to legacy codes 20, 30, 50, 51, 52, 53 and 60, p. 932

Lists the seven OHM input triplets; the V2016a SUEWS coefficient table identifies their component-wise mean as legacy code 200.

Mixed Forest [20] McCaughey (1985)Input record

Current atomic record for legacy code 20.

Short grass [30]Input record

Current atomic record for legacy code 30.

Bare soil [50]Input record

Current atomic record for legacy code 50.

Water (shallow - turbid) [60]Input record

Current atomic record for legacy code 60.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
The name preserves legacy code 200 and states the seven component surface codes exactly.
Targetsupported
Every input is a published OHM coefficient triplet and the result remains an OHM coefficient set.
Valuessupported
The component-wise means are 0.335714..., 0.312857... and -31.414285..., which round to the stored 0.336, 0.313 and -31.4.
Sourcesupported
Grimmond and Oke publish the seven inputs but not their code-200 mean; source unreferenced avoids attributing the database calculation to the paper while retaining the input-data locator.
Placenot applicable
Representativenessnot applicable
Applicable Scaleunresolved
The code-200 mean crosses forest, grass, bare-soil and water inputs, and no source defines that result as one controlled scale term. A legacy coefficient-design artifact or maintainer confirmation is required.
issue #46
Methodsupported
The legacy V2016a coefficient table explicitly defines code 200 as the arithmetic mean of codes 20, 30, 50, 51, 52, 53 and 60; four current records and three external table rows represent every input.
issue #280
Identitysupported
The stored tuple and descriptive name match legacy code 200 unambiguously.

Derivation

arithmetic_mean · round_componentwise((code20 + code30 + code50 + code51 + code52 + code53 + code60) / 7, [3, 3, 1] decimal places)

Scientific note

Grimmond and Oke publish the seven component triplets, while legacy SUEWS code 200 is their internally calculated, component-wise rounded mean. Current atomic records preserve codes 20, 30, 50 and 60; external table inputs preserve codes 51-53. No parameter value has changed.

Model-ready fragment

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

a1:
  value: 0.336
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: null
a2:
  value: 0.313
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: null
a3:
  value: -31.4
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: null

Evidence review

UnresolvedReview procedure

Record metadata

Sourceunreferenced — no citation was recorded in the legacy database; treat with care
Targetohm_coefficients · docs
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 50240008
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