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Buildings · albedo — CBD roofsbldgs evidence record

alb0.18
albedobldgsshanghaisiteCentral business districtAo 2016

Parameters

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

alb0.18

Provenance evidence

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

Radiation fluxes in a business district of Shanghai, ChinaParameter source

Where: Table 2, SUEWS model input parameters by surface type, p. 13

The Building column gives albedo 0.18 for the Shanghai CBD source area.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
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Targetsupported
The source uses the parameter for the same SUEWS target represented by the record.
Valuessupported
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Sourcesupported
The cited source is a direct parameter publication or an explicit published model-input table.
Placesupported
The place agrees with the source scope or is explicitly generic.
Representativenesssupported
The declared evidence reach does not exceed the source scope.
Methodsupported
The production or literature-compilation method is stated in the source.
Identitysupported
Stable path, target, source and values identify one retained database record.
Urban Settingsupported
The source explicitly describes this urban setting.

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

Alb_max0.18

Model-ready fragment

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

alb:
  value: 0.18
  ref:
    ID: ao2016
    DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0082.1
    desc: shanghai, central_business_district, site

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Record metadata

Scopesite
Urban settingCentral business district
Targetland_cover.bldgs · docs
Origin“Shanghai” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 41240031

Used by 1 typology

Same study, same place

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