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Buildings · thermal layersbldgs evidence record

thermal_layers.dz[0.03, 0.12, 0.05]
thermal_layers.k[0.74, 0.93, 0.06]
thermal_layers.rho_cp[1900000, 1500000, 70000]
thermal-layersbldgslodzsiteCity centreOfferle 2005

Parameters

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

thermal_layers.dz[0.03, 0.12, 0.05]
thermal_layers.k[0.74, 0.93, 0.06]
thermal_layers.rho_cp[1900000, 1500000, 70000]

Provenance evidence

Curation required

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

Heat storage and anthropogenic heat flux in relation to the energy balance of a central European city centreParameter source

Where: Title and abstract, city-centre and downtown wording, p. 1405

Where: Section 2.1, representative buildings and homogeneous urban sub-unit, p. 1407

Where: Section 2.1.2, downtown Łódź site and coordinates, p. 1409

Where: Table I, Lipowa DUD/BEB and Oke UCZ 2 classification, p. 1409

Where: Section 2.1.3, 500 by 500 m grid and source-area description, p. 1410

Heat storage and anthropogenic heat flux in relation to the energy balance of a central European city centreParameter source

Where: Section 2.1.1, building dimensions, rooms, emissivity and heat-transfer coefficient, p. 1408

Where: Section 2.1.3, three roof, wall and internal layers, p. 1410

Where: Table III, roof thermal-layer properties, p. 1411

Table III gives the three roof layers used by the active record. The paper reports one heat-transfer coefficient of 1.2 W m-2 K-1, not the three stored legacy Internal_CH values of 0.001.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Targetsupported
Valuescuration required
The exported three-layer thickness, conductivity and volumetric heat-capacity values match Table III after converting MJ m-3 K-1 to J m-3 K-1. The source does not establish legacy Internal_albedo 0.2 or the three Internal_CH values of 0.001.
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Sourcecuration required
Offerle et al. supports the active thermal-layer values and several legacy building attributes, but it does not support every value retained in the legacy mapping.
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Placesupported
Representativenesssupported
The 500 by 500 m grid is approximately congruent with the unstable flux source area, supporting site rather than city-wide representativeness.
Urban Settingsupported
The paper identifies the site as downtown and as a central European city centre. It does not identify the site as a central business district.
Methodsupported
Identitycuration required
The active thermal-layer identity is supported, but the record also retains legacy fields that cannot all be traced to this source.

Scientific note

Offerle et al. conclusively supports city_centre and the active thermal-layer values. Human curation is still required for legacy Internal_albedo and the three Internal_CH fields, so this assessment is not eligible for sign-off.

Legacy values (verbatim original columns; not SUEWS model inputs)

Surf_thick4-999
Surf_k4-999
Surf_rhoCp4-999
Surf_thick5-999
Surf_k5-999
Surf_rhoCp5-999
Wall_thick10.1
Wall_k10.95
Wall_rhoCp11600000
Wall_thick20.1
Wall_k20.95
Wall_rhoCp21600000
Wall_thick30.1
Wall_k30.95
Wall_rhoCp31600000
Wall_thick4-999
Wall_k4-999
Wall_rhoCp4-999
Wall_thick5-999
Wall_k5-999
Wall_rhoCp5-999
Internal_thick10.05
Internal_k10.93
Internal_rhoCp11500000
Internal_thick20.05
Internal_k20.93
Internal_rhoCp21500000
Internal_thick30.05
Internal_k30.93
Internal_rhoCp31500000
Internal_thick4-999
Internal_k4-999
Internal_rhoCp4-999
Internal_thick5-999
Internal_k5-999
Internal_rhoCp5-999
nroom10
Internal_albedo0.2
Internal_emissivity1
Internal_CHwall0.001
Internal_CHroof0.001
Internal_CHbld0.001

Model-ready fragment

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

thermal_layers:
  dz:
    value:
    - 0.03
    - 0.12
    - 0.05
    ref:
      ID: offerle2005
      DOI: 10.1002/joc.1198
      desc: lodz, city_centre, site
  k:
    value:
    - 0.74
    - 0.93
    - 0.06
    ref:
      ID: offerle2005
      DOI: 10.1002/joc.1198
      desc: lodz, city_centre, site
  rho_cp:
    value:
    - 1900000
    - 1500000
    - 70000
    ref:
      ID: offerle2005
      DOI: 10.1002/joc.1198
      desc: lodz, city_centre, site

Evidence review

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Record metadata

Placelodz
Scopesite
Urban settingCity centre
Targetland_cover.bldgs · docs
Origin“Lodz, Poland” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 52240002

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