Names follow the SUEWS YAML specification; click one for its definition in the configuration reference.
narp_emissivity_snow | 0.99 |
Where: Table 2b, general model run options, p. 223
Publishes effective surface emissivity for snow, epsilon_snow, as 0.99 among general inputs for model runs evaluated in Los Angeles and Vancouver.
Where: Table 4b, overall area parameter values, p. 1701
Gives alpha_s,min 0.18, alpha_s,max 0.85, epsilon_s 0.99, a0 0.1, a1 9.9 x 10^3 as printed, a2 0.0102, GDD 300, SDD -450, TBaseGDD 5 degC, TBaseSDD 10 degC, TBaseQF 18.2 degC, Ks 0.0005 mm s-1, a_r 0.0016 mm W-1 h-1 and T_lim 2.2 degC, among others. It is a single set for the whole area.
Where: Table 4 caption, p. 1701
States that sources of the values are as in Järvi et al. (2011) unless indicated otherwise below, so an unfootnoted cell in this table is an inherited value rather than one this study determined.
| Name | supported Snow emissivity describes the parameter directly. Järvi et al. (2011) Table 2b labels epsilon_snow as effective surface emissivity for snow and publishes it as 0.99. |
|---|---|
| Target | supported A snow emissivity is a snow property. |
| Values | supported Järvi et al. (2011) Table 2b gives epsilon_snow 0.99, and Järvi et al. (2014) Table 4b republishes epsilon_s 0.99. Both match the stored value. |
| Source | supported Järvi et al. (2011) publishes the value in Table 2b. The Järvi et al. (2014) Table 4 caption states that sources are as in the 2011 paper unless marked otherwise, and the emissivity cell has no footnote, so the later paper is correctly retained only as compilation evidence. |
| Place | not applicable The record declares no place. Järvi et al. (2011) presents 0.99 as a general model-run input used in both Los Angeles and Vancouver, not as a value determined at either city; the stable path and origin retain legacy Helsinki migration text only. |
| Representativeness | supported Generic representativeness matches a general model-run input published without a place-specific derivation and used across both evaluated cities. |
| Method | supported Literature records an inherited published input. Järvi et al. (2011) is the parameter source and Järvi et al. (2014) explicitly carries it forward. |
| Identity | supported This is a published SUEWS snow emissivity input, not a test fixture. Järvi et al. (2011) publishes the value directly and Järvi et al. (2014) carries it forward in its model configuration. |
Järvi et al. (2011) Table 2b directly publishes epsilon_snow 0.99 as a general model-run input. Järvi et al. (2014) Table 4b republishes epsilon_s 0.99 and points unfootnoted inputs back to the earlier paper. The record therefore represents a generic, placeless literature parameter. Its stable path and origin retain legacy Helsinki migration text, while the name now identifies the published parameter rather than describing it as sample data.
Paste under snow in a SUEWS YAML configuration; every value carries its citation.
narp_emissivity_snow:
value: 0.99
ref:
ID: jarvi2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
desc: generic
Raises a prefilled sign-off issue. CI accepts it only when the issue author is in the verifier registry and the evidence revision is still current.
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