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OHM coefficients — Bare soil (average). This is the average of Codes 50, 51, 52, 53. [55] [sample run] evidence record unreferenced

a10.355
a20.335
a3-35.275
ohmLand-cover classunreferenced

Parameters

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

a10.355
a20.335
a3-35.275

Provenance evidence

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SUEWS v2016a release workbook: SUEWS_SiteInfo18_Lo.xlsmLater compilation

Where: SUEWS v2016a SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt, codes 50-55

Preserves codes 50-53, labels code 55 as their average, and stores the exact code-55 output 0.355, 0.335 and -35.275.

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

Where: Table 4, four bare-soil OHM rows, p. 932

Compiles the four input triplets represented by legacy codes 50-53.

Bare soil [50]Input record

Current atomic record for legacy code 50, with values 0.38, 0.56 and -27.3.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
The fixed v2016a table identifies legacy code 55 as the bare-soil average of codes 50-53 and carries the sample-run display label preserved by this migrated record.
Targetsupported
All four inputs and the code-55 output are OHM coefficient triplets for the bare-soil surface category.
Valuessupported
The fixed v2016a artifact publishes the exact output tuple 0.355, 0.335 and -35.275. The displayed input rows reproduce a1 and a3 exactly; their displayed a2 mean is 0.3325 rather than 0.335, so the stored a2 is supported as the preserved code-55 release value, not as newly recomputed precision.
issue #283
Sourcesupported
Unreferenced is correct because the record is an internally compiled output. Grimmond and Oke provide the input table, while the SUEWS release artifact, not a parameter publication, provides the exact code-55 tuple.
Placenot applicable
Representativenessnot applicable
Applicable Scalesupported
Code 55 is compiled from four bare-soil surface-type inputs before any areal aggregation, so its supported unit is the bare-soil land-cover class.
issue #46
Methodsupported
Calculated distinguishes this compiled average from a measured or fitted parameter set. The sidecar records all four inputs and the visible a2 discrepancy rather than manufacturing absent atomic records or silently changing the release value.
Identitysupported
The stable path, name, legacy ID and tuple preserve the distinct v2016a code-55 configuration row. Retaining the sample-run wording records migration lineage and does not present it as literature evidence.

Derivation

arithmetic_mean · For each component: (code50 + code51 + code52 + code53) / 4; the fixed release retains code55 a2 = 0.335 although its displayed inputs yield 0.3325. · The displayed inputs yield a1 0.355 and a3 -35.275 exactly. The a2 discrepancy is preserved and made explicit rather than resolved by changing either a source input or the release output.

Scientific note

The fixed SUEWS artifact is authoritative for the migrated code-55 output and identity; Grimmond and Oke are input-data evidence, not the publication of that exact output. Codes 51-53 are represented as external derivation inputs rather than artificial database records. The visible a2 inputs average to 0.3325, so the retained 0.335 is explicitly a historical release value whose extra 0.0025 is not reconstructed from the displayed rows.

Model-ready fragment

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

a1:
  value: 0.355
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: land_cover
a2:
  value: 0.335
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: land_cover
a3:
  value: -35.275
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: land_cover

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Record metadata

Sourceunreferenced — no citation was recorded in the legacy database; treat with care
Applicable scaleLand-cover class
Targetohm_coefficients · docs
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 50240003
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