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OHM coefficients — Canyon (E-W), Japan [10] evidence record

a10.71
a20.04
a3-39.7
ohmkyotositeFacet or componentGrimmond 1999

Parameters

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

a10.71
a20.04
a3-39.7

Provenance evidence

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Fitted · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-24. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

Field measurements on energy balance of an urban canyon in the summer seasonInput observations

Where: Sections 2–5 and Figures 3–12, p. 418–423

Reports energy-balance measurements at an east-west canyon on Kyoto University main campus. The canyon system integrates its road and wall surfaces and is treated as a basic physical surface unit represented at the canyon-top plane. The full text contains no OHM, hysteresis fit, a1–a3 coefficients or the stored coefficient triplet.

Heat storage in Urban Areas: Local-Scale Observations and Evaluation of a Simple ModelParameter source

Where: Table 4 and accompanying text, p. 932

Publishes the E-W canyon values a1 = 0.71, a2 = 0.04 h and a3 = -39.7 W m-2, marks them as new relative to Grimmond et al. (1991), and lists Canyon as one of the individual physical surface types that are area-weighted to form site coefficients.

Archived Tokyo E-W canyon configurationRelated record

Pre-migration row 50240017 carries the same target and coefficient triplet but omits code [10] and stores Ref null, unlike this row 50240012 with Ref 99240099. It is retained as an archived unreferenced configuration. The pair is visible at https://github.com/UMEP-dev/SUEWS-database/blob/053c004ef46c14194fdc39bbb8932908db294abd/db/ohm.yml#L117-L170.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Targetsupported
The stored triplet is an OHM coefficient set, so ohm_coefficients is the correct atomic target. Attaching it to a SUEWS surface archetype is a separate composition-layer action, not a change to this record's target.
issue #19
Valuessupported
Sourcesupported
issue #37
Placesupported
Representativenesssupported
Applicable Scalesupported
Yoshida treats the east-west canyon system, integrating its road and wall surfaces, as a basic physical surface unit represented at the canyon-top plane. Grimmond and Oke list it as the individual physical surface type Canyon before such types are area-weighted to form site coefficients. It is therefore a physical component (facet), not a SUEWS land-cover class.
Methodsupported
Identitysupported
Stable path, legacy ID 50240012, name code [10], populated legacy reference and the verified Kyoto source chain preserve this as the evidence-backed row. The separate Ref-null row remains a distinct archived configuration with source unreferenced and method assumed, rather than being deleted, aliased, or credited with this source by value matching alone.
issue #12 · issue #738

Scientific note

Yoshida et al. (1991) supplies the Kyoto canyon observations but no OHM coefficients. Grimmond and Oke (1999) publishes the stored fitted triplet. The corrected origin, resolved place and site-specific representativeness now all identify Kyoto while the stable path deliberately remains unchanged. The evidence-backed coefficient set applies to the canyon physical component (facet), not directly to a SUEWS land-cover class. The related Ref-null row is retained only as a separate archived configuration with source unreferenced and method assumed. No source identifies which current building archetype should attach this record, so any such attachment remains a separate composition decision.

Model-ready fragment

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

a1:
  value: 0.71
  ref:
    ID: grimmond1999
    DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0922:HSIUAL>2.0.CO;2
    desc: kyoto, site, facet
a2:
  value: 0.04
  ref:
    ID: grimmond1999
    DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0922:HSIUAL>2.0.CO;2
    desc: kyoto, site, facet
a3:
  value: -39.7
  ref:
    ID: grimmond1999
    DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0922:HSIUAL>2.0.CO;2
    desc: kyoto, site, facet

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Record metadata

Placekyoto
Scopesite
Applicable scaleFacet or component
Targetohm_coefficients · docs
Origin“Kyoto” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 50240012
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