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OHM coefficients — Concrete roof evidence record

a10.86
a20.27
a3-9.64
ohmnanjingsiteFacet or componentWang 2008

Parameters

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

a10.86
a20.27
a3-9.64

Provenance evidence

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Fitted · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-23. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

Observation and analysis on thermodynamic characteristics of heat storage of urban roofParameter source

Where: Section 1.1, observation site, p. 694

One teaching-building roof at 32.04 N, 118.79 E is instrumented; the grey-white cement slab is 20 m by 10 m and approximately 30 cm thick.

Where: Section 2, source-area interpretation, p. 695

Because the sensors are close to the slab and the flux source area is small, the source area is treated as the roof plane.

Where: Section 3.2, Equation 4, winter OHM fit, p. 697

The fitted winter coefficients are a1 0.86, a2 0.27 and a3 -9.64.

Where: Section 4, conclusions, p. 698

The conclusions describe the storage-heat behaviour of the studied urban-roof cement slab.

Surface energy balance fluxes in a suburban area of Beijing: energy partitioning variabilityValidation

Where: Appendix B, building coefficient source text, p. 13161

Where: Table B1, Building winter row, p. 13162

Dou et al. reproduce the winter tuple and attribute it to Wang et al. (2008), concrete roof.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Concrete roof matches the instrumented grey-white cement roof slab described by Wang et al.
Targetsupported
Wang et al. fit objective hysteresis model coefficients for storage heat flux over the roof.
Valuessupported
Equation 4 gives the winter tuple 0.86, 0.27 and -9.64; Dou et al. independently reproduce the same values.
Sourcesupported
Wang et al. directly derive and publish the stored winter coefficients.
Placesupported
The instrumented teaching-building roof is located in Nanjing at 32.04 N, 118.79 E.
Representativenesssupported
Site is appropriate because the fit uses one 20 m by 10 m instrumented cement roof slab, not a city-scale roof sample.
Applicable Scalesupported
Wang et al. fit the winter coefficients to one instrumented concrete roof slab. The described unit is therefore a roof facet.
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Methodsupported
The coefficients are fitted from the measured winter roof energy-balance data, so fitted is the supported method.
Identitysupported
A single winter coefficient triplet for the studied concrete roof is stored, distinct from the summer fit.

Scientific note

The original full text establishes that this is a fitted winter OHM tuple from one instrumented teaching-building roof slab. The paper discusses the surrounding urban setting and possible wider applicability, but it does not sample or validate roofs across Nanjing. The database therefore classifies the evidence at site scale while preserving Nanjing as the location. The separate summer fit remains in its own record and review.

Model-ready fragment

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

a1:
  value: 0.86
  ref:
    ID: wang2008
    DOI: 10.3321/j.issn:0254-0096.2008.06.011
    desc: nanjing, site, facet
a2:
  value: 0.27
  ref:
    ID: wang2008
    DOI: 10.3321/j.issn:0254-0096.2008.06.011
    desc: nanjing, site, facet
a3:
  value: -9.64
  ref:
    ID: wang2008
    DOI: 10.3321/j.issn:0254-0096.2008.06.011
    desc: nanjing, site, facet

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Record metadata

Placenanjing
Scopesite
Applicable scaleFacet or component
Targetohm_coefficients · docs
Origin“Nanjing” (verbatim legacy string)
SeasonWinter
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 50240042
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