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OHM coefficients — Snow [61] evidence record

a10.25
a20.6
a3-30
ohmmontreal-suburbansiteLand-cover classJärvi 2014

Parameters

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

Labelled fields override the record-level citation or scope; unlabelled fields use the record metadata.

a10.25 Järvi 2014
a20.6
a3-30

Provenance evidence

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Development of the Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS) for cold climate citiesParameter source

Where: Section 3.1.2, Snow storage heat, p. 1699-1700

Sets a1 to 0.25 from the water/heat-capacity assumption and reports optimized a2 = 0.60 and a3 = -30 using the Montreal Pr site.

Where: Tables 3 and 4(b), p. 1700-1701

Table 4(b) lists the final snow OHM triplet 0.25, 0.6 and -30. Table 3 instead prints a2 = 0.5, despite the section text identifying 0.60 as the optimum.

Where: Table 1 and Section 2.2.2, Montreal site characteristics, p. 1696

Identifies Pr as the Pierrefonds–Roxboro suburban site in Montreal and locates it at 45.501 N, 73.811 W.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Targetsupported
Valuessupported
Section 3.1.2 identifies a2 = 0.60 as the optimum and Table 4(b) uses 0.6 in the final model parameter set. Table 3 prints 0.5, an internal inconsistency that does not outweigh the matching narrative and final parameter table but must remain visible to reviewers.
Sourcesupported
Placesupported
The record declares montreal-suburban. Section 2.2.2 and Table 1 identify Pr as the suburban Montreal site in the Pierrefonds–Roxboro borough at 45.501 N, 73.811 W. Section 3.1.2 states that a2 and a3 were optimized there. The stable path and origin retain the legacy Helsinki migration text; Helsinki is one of the sites where the completed set was later applied.
Representativenesssupported
Site representativeness is the honest evidence envelope because the observational optimization of a2 and a3 used the single Pr site. Applying the completed set at all sites describes how far the evidence travelled, not a broader place or observational scale.
Applicable Scalesupported
Järvi et al. define this as the snow-covered surface-type OHM input used before surface-cover aggregation, establishing land-cover scale.
issue #46
Methodsupported
The record-level fitted method applies to a2 and a3, which were optimized against sensible heat. The parameter-specific assumed method on a1 records its selection from shallow-water a1 and a heat-capacity ratio.
Identitysupported

Scientific note

The publication supports the triplet, subject to an internal inconsistency for a2. Section 3.1.2 states the optimum is 0.60 and Table 4(b) uses 0.6 in the final model parameters, whereas Table 3 prints 0.5. The record retains 0.6 because the narrative and final parameter table agree. It declares the Pr suburban site in Montreal and site representativeness because that is where a2 and a3 were optimized against observed sensible heat. The place-neutral a1 assumption does not support a different location, and the completed triplet's later use at all sites describes evidence travel rather than origin. The coefficient-specific method metadata preserves that a1 is assumed from shallow-water and heat-capacity relationships, whereas a2 and a3 are fitted.

Model-ready fragment

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

a1:
  value: 0.25
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2014
    DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
    desc: montreal-suburban, site, land_cover
a2:
  value: 0.6
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2014
    DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
    desc: montreal-suburban, site, land_cover
a3:
  value: -30
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2014
    DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
    desc: montreal-suburban, site, land_cover

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Record metadata

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Applicable scaleLand-cover class
Targetohm_coefficients · docs
Origin“Helsinki” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 50240016

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