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OHM coefficients — Paved surface composite [851] evidence record

a10.676
a20.3
a3-42.42
ohmgenericgenericLand-cover classWard 2016

Parameters

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

a10.676
a20.3
a3-42.42

Provenance evidence

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

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Paved surface composite identifies Ward's exact code 851 average of paved-material inputs without extending it to buildings or all non-vegetated surfaces.
Targetsupported
Ward et al. define the triplet as coefficients in the OHM storage-heat equation.
Valuessupported
Table 4 prints the rounded paved tuple 0.676, 0.300, -42.4; the companion code 851 row gives the exact stored tuple 0.676, 0.300, -42.42.
Sourcesupported
Ward et al. publish this paved composite and the versioned companion table gives its exact values.
Placesupported
Generic is appropriate because the coefficient set is compiled from surface-material studies and applied at both London and Swindon; it is not a London observation or fit.
Representativenesssupported
Ward presents code 851 as a generic paved-surface literature composite used at two distinct sites, so generic representativeness matches the evidence.
Applicable Scalesupported
Equation 6 weights the coefficients for each surface type by its surface cover fraction, and Table 4 lists this tuple for Paved, so it is a land-cover input before neighborhood aggregation.
Methodsupported
The database adopts Ward's published output. Ward's authors calculate code 851 as the arithmetic mean of concrete/asphalt codes 801, 802, 901, 902 and 910; it is not a London fit.
Identitysupported
The active name and scope identify one generic paved composite. The stable path and origin retain the migration lineage without controlling the evidence identity.

Scientific note

Ward et al. publish code 851 as a paved-surface composite compiled from concrete and asphalt studies and use it as a land-cover input before surface-fraction aggregation in the London and Swindon evaluations. The active name, place and representativeness describe that generic literature evidence. The stable path and origin retain the legacy London/all-nonvegetated migration lineage, and the values remain unchanged.

Model-ready fragment

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

a1:
  value: 0.676
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: generic, generic, land_cover
a2:
  value: 0.3
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: generic, generic, land_cover
a3:
  value: -42.42
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: generic, generic, land_cover

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Record metadata

Placegeneric
Scopegeneric
Applicable scaleLand-cover class
Targetohm_coefficients · docs
Origin“London” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 50240015
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