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OHM coefficients — Bare soil [50] evidence record

a10.38
a20.56
a3-27.3
ohmLand-cover classGrimmond 1991

Parameters

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

a10.38
a20.56
a3-27.3

Provenance evidence

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

Where: Table 1(a), Greenspace/Open — Bare soil, p. 314

States 0.38, 0.56 h and -27.3 W m-2 and credits the Novak dataset.

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

Where: Section 7a, Application of OHM, p. 931

Defines individual surface-type coefficients as inputs weighted by their areal coverage to calculate site-specific OHM coefficients.

Where: Table 4, Bare soil, p. 932

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Targetsupported
Valuessupported
Sourcesupported
Placenot applicable
Representativenessnot applicable
Applicable Scalesupported
Section 7a defines the listed surface-type coefficients as inputs that are weighted by areal cover to calculate site-specific OHM coefficients; Table 4 lists this tuple for Bare soil, so it describes the bare-soil land-cover class before site aggregation.
Methodsupported
Identitysupported

Scientific note

Grimmond et al. (1991) is the canonical parameter publication; Novak is the underlying observation source, not the author of the stored fitted coefficients. Grimmond and Oke (1999) classify the exact tuple as a bare-soil surface-type input to be weighted by areal cover, establishing land-cover scale before site aggregation. The sidecar preserves the source roles and values.

Model-ready fragment

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

a1:
  value: 0.38
  ref:
    ID: grimmond1991b
    DOI: 10.1016/0957-1272(91)90003-W
    desc: land_cover
a2:
  value: 0.56
  ref:
    ID: grimmond1991b
    DOI: 10.1016/0957-1272(91)90003-W
    desc: land_cover
a3:
  value: -27.3
  ref:
    ID: grimmond1991b
    DOI: 10.1016/0957-1272(91)90003-W
    desc: land_cover

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Record metadata

Applicable scaleLand-cover class
Targetohm_coefficients · docs
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 50240006
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