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storage_drain_params.store_min0.25

storage_drain_params.store_max0.25

water-storage bldgs generic generic Land-cover class Järvi 2011

Parameters

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

`storage_drain_params.store_min`	0.25
`storage_drain_params.store_max`	0.25

Provenance evidence

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

The Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS): Evaluation in Los Angeles and Vancouver.Parameter source

Where: Table 2(a), Building column, p. 223

Gives Si = 0.25 mm for Building. Footnote a attributes the adopted value to Falk and Niemczynowicz (1978), while Järvi et al. publish the exact SUEWS parameter.

Where: Table 3, site characteristics, p. 225

The evaluation sites are in Vancouver and Los Angeles, not Helsinki.

Development of the Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS) for cold climate citiesLater compilation

Where: Table 4(a), Bldg column, p. 1701

Reuses Si = 0.25 mm for Bldg in the cold-climate SUEWS table.

Where: Table 4 caption, p. 1701

States that values are sourced from Järvi et al. (2011) unless otherwise indicated; this unfootnoted Building storage value is inherited rather than determined in Helsinki.

Assessment findings

Name	supported Building identifies the building-surface column in Table 2(a).
Target	supported Table 2(a) publishes values by SUEWS surface type, including Building.
Values	supported The Building column gives Si = 0.25 mm, exactly matching both stored storage bounds.
Source	supported Järvi et al. publish the exact Building storage capacity in Table 2(a); its Falk and Niemczynowicz footnote records an earlier literature attribution without replacing this verified parameter publication.
Place	supported The parameter is published by generic surface type, not as a Helsinki observation. Järvi et al. later use the same inherited value in Helsinki.
Representativeness	supported Generic scope reflects a literature parameter set offered for the SUEWS Building class, without a city- or site-specific determination.
Applicable Scale	supported Table 2(a) defines the value for the Building land-cover class rather than for a whole neighbourhood, an individual roof facet, or a material specimen.
Method	supported Järvi et al. adopt and publish the literature value in their SUEWS parameter table.
Identity	supported The stable path, Helsinki origin and legacy ID preserve the migrated application-row identity; they do not recast the generic parameter as a Helsinki determination.

Scientific note

Järvi et al. (2011) publish the exact 0.25 mm Building storage capacity as a generic SUEWS land-cover value. The Table 2 footnote names Falk and Niemczynowicz (1978), but that inaccessible conference paper has not been used as an unverified active source. Järvi et al. (2014) later reuse the value in Helsinki, and legacy row 43240005 records Ward et al. (2016) only as a migration reference, not as evidence that Ward published or determined the value. The stable path, Helsinki origin, legacy ID and values remain unchanged.

Model-ready fragment

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

storage_drain_params:
  store_min:
    value: 0.25
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
  store_max:
    value: 0.25
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover