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Buildings · water statebldgs evidence record unreferenced

state_limit0.25
water-statebldgsse-englandregionalunreferenced

Parameters

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

state_limit0.25

Provenance evidence

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Assumed · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-26. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

SUEWS database pre-migration workbook: database.xlsxLater compilation

Applies to: parameters.state_limit

Where: Pre-migration Water State row 42240042

Stores Buildings, SE England, StateLimit 0.25, WaterDepth -999 and Ref 90240002. The Ref records migration lineage and is not evidence that Ward et al. published the cell.

SUEWS v2016a release workbook: SUEWS_SiteInfo18_Lo.xlsmLater compilation

Applies to: parameters.state_limit

Where: V2016a SUEWS_NonVeg.txt buildings rows

Codes 150, 552 and 662 are buildings configurations and each stores StateLimit 0.25. This establishes exact release lineage, not scientific validation.

SUEWS v2016a release workbook: SUEWS_SiteInfo18_Lo.xlsmValidation

Where: StateLimit option applicability

The option table states that StateLimit in SUEWS_NonVeg.txt is currently only used for the water surface.

Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS): Development and evaluation at two UK sitesValidation

Where: SUEWS description, model setup and reported parameter tables, p. 2-8

The paper discusses moisture storage capacity generally and reports adjusted albedo and emissivity in Table 2, but it neither identifies StateLimit nor publishes 0.25 as a non-water buildings StateLimit.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Buildings is the preserved label of pre-migration water-state row 42240042.
Targetsupported
Both pinned artifacts classify the cell under the buildings entry of the non-vegetated surface table.
Valuessupported
The value 0.25 is supported as the exact preserved configuration cell only. This does not validate it as a scientifically determined non-water StateLimit.
Sourcesupported
Unreferenced is correct because the release artifacts preserve the cell but do not provide a scientific derivation, the documented option is currently used only for water surfaces, and Ward et al. (2016) do not publish this non-water StateLimit.
issue #124
Placesupported
SE England is the preserved application identity of the migration row, not an observation site established for this value.
Representativenesssupported
Regional records the intended reach of the archived SE England configuration; it does not claim regional empirical validation of the value.
Methodsupported
Assumed denotes retention of an exact historical configuration cell whose scientific production method is not documented; it is not a claim that the value was measured, fitted, calculated or published.
issue #124
Identitysupported
Legacy ID 42240042, the Buildings label, SE England origin and value 0.25 establish the stable archived configuration identity.

Scientific note

This record is an archived SE England buildings configuration, not a scientifically validated non-water StateLimit determination. The exact 0.25 cell is present in both migration row 42240042 and the pinned v2016a SUEWS_NonVeg.txt buildings rows. However, the option documentation says non-vegetated StateLimit is currently used only for water surfaces, and Ward et al. (2016) do not publish this parameter. Source unreferenced and method assumed therefore preserve executable configuration lineage without inventing scientific provenance. The record value, stable path, origin, representativeness and legacy ID remain unchanged.

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

WaterDepth-999

Model-ready fragment

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

state_limit:
  value: 0.25
  ref:
    ID: unreferenced
    DOI: null
    desc: se-england, regional

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Record metadata

Sourceunreferenced — no citation was recorded in the legacy database; treat with care
Scoperegional
Targetland_cover.bldgs · docs
Origin“SE England” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 42240042

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