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Buildings · thermal layers — Basel Urban fabric 50 - >80bldgs record

thermal_layers.dz[0.05, 0.15, 0.12]

thermal_layers.k[0.83886, 0.93, 0.05]

thermal_layers.rho_cp[1502730, 1500000, 290000]

thermal-layers bldgs basel city Grimmond 1986

Parameters

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

`thermal_layers.dz`	[0.05, 0.15, 0.12]
`thermal_layers.k`	[0.83886, 0.93, 0.05]
`thermal_layers.rho_cp`	[1502730, 1500000, 290000]

Legacy values (no home in the current model; kept verbatim under their original column names)

`Surf_thick4`	-999
`Surf_k4`	-999
`Surf_rhoCp4`	-999
`Surf_thick5`	-999
`Surf_k5`	-999
`Surf_rhoCp5`	-999
`Wall_thick1`	0.087
`Wall_k1`	0.282245
`Wall_rhoCp1`	464679.8
`Wall_thick2`	0.0497
`Wall_k2`	0.93
`Wall_rhoCp2`	1500000
`Wall_thick3`	0.0497
`Wall_k3`	0.93
`Wall_rhoCp3`	1500000
`Wall_thick4`	-999
`Wall_k4`	-999
`Wall_rhoCp4`	-999
`Wall_thick5`	-999
`Wall_k5`	-999
`Wall_rhoCp5`	-999
`Internal_thick1`	0.035
`Internal_k1`	0.93
`Internal_rhoCp1`	1500000
`Internal_thick2`	0.035
`Internal_k2`	0.93
`Internal_rhoCp2`	1500000
`Internal_thick3`	0.035
`Internal_k3`	0.93
`Internal_rhoCp3`	1500000
`Internal_thick4`	-999
`Internal_k4`	-999
`Internal_rhoCp4`	-999
`Internal_thick5`	-999
`Internal_k5`	-999
`Internal_rhoCp5`	-999
`nroom`	10
`Internal_albedo`	0.5
`Internal_emissivity`	1
`Internal_CHwall`	0.0015
`Internal_CHroof`	0.0015
`Internal_CHbld`	0.0015

Model-ready fragment

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

thermal_layers:
  dz:
    value:
    - 0.05
    - 0.15
    - 0.12
    ref:
      ID: grimmond1986
      DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444418449500123
      desc: basel, city
  k:
    value:
    - 0.83886
    - 0.93
    - 0.05
    ref:
      ID: grimmond1986
      DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444418449500123
      desc: basel, city
  rho_cp:
    value:
    - 1502730
    - 1500000
    - 290000
    ref:
      ID: grimmond1986
      DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444418449500123
      desc: basel, city

Provenance

SourceGrimmond, C. S. B.; Oke, T. R.; Steyn, D. G. (1986) · doi:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444418449500123

Placebasel

Scopecity

Targetland_cover.bldgs · docs

Origin“Basel” (verbatim legacy string)

Schema2026.5 · legacy row 52240008

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