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Bare soil · thermal layersbsoil record

thermal_layers.dz[0.1, 0.1, 0.5, 0.7]
thermal_layers.k[0.911, 0.93, 0.63, 0.63]
thermal_layers.rho_cp[1500000, 1500000, 1200000, 1200000]
thermal-layersbsoillondonsiteGrimmond 2002

Parameters

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

thermal_layers.dz[0.1, 0.1, 0.5, 0.7]
thermal_layers.k[0.911, 0.93, 0.63, 0.63]
thermal_layers.rho_cp[1500000, 1500000, 1200000, 1200000]

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

Surf_thick5-999
Surf_k5-999
Surf_rhoCp5-999
Wall_thick1-999
Wall_k1-999
Wall_rhoCp1-999
Wall_thick2-999
Wall_k2-999
Wall_rhoCp2-999
Wall_thick3-999
Wall_k3-999
Wall_rhoCp3-999
Wall_thick4-999
Wall_k4-999
Wall_rhoCp4-999
Wall_thick5-999
Wall_k5-999
Wall_rhoCp5-999
Internal_thick1-999
Internal_k1-999
Internal_rhoCp1-999
Internal_thick2-999
Internal_k2-999
Internal_rhoCp2-999
Internal_thick3-999
Internal_k3-999
Internal_rhoCp3-999
Internal_thick4-999
Internal_k4-999
Internal_rhoCp4-999
Internal_thick5-999
Internal_k5-999
Internal_rhoCp5-999
nroom-999
Internal_albedo-999
Internal_emissivity-999
Internal_CHwall-999
Internal_CHroof-999
Internal_CHbld-999

Model-ready fragment

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

thermal_layers:
  dz:
    value:
    - 0.1
    - 0.1
    - 0.5
    - 0.7
    ref:
      ID: grimmond2002
      DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<0792:THFIUA>2.0.CO;2
      desc: london, site
  k:
    value:
    - 0.911
    - 0.93
    - 0.63
    - 0.63
    ref:
      ID: grimmond2002
      DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<0792:THFIUA>2.0.CO;2
      desc: london, site
  rho_cp:
    value:
    - 1500000
    - 1500000
    - 1200000
    - 1200000
    ref:
      ID: grimmond2002
      DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<0792:THFIUA>2.0.CO;2
      desc: london, site

Provenance

Placelondon
Scopesite
Targetland_cover.bsoil · docs
Origin“Barbican, London” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 52240005
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