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Bare soil · albedobsoil evidence record

alb0.18
albedobsoilse-englandsiteWard 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 · 2026-09-02. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

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

Where: Table 2, adjusted albedo and emissivity model inputs, p. 8

Publishes the stored surface values used at the London and Swindon sites; emissivities are explicitly carried forward from Järvi et al. (2011).

Assessment findings

Namesupported
The label identifies the published parameter class or model configuration.
Targetsupported
The source uses the parameter for the same SUEWS target represented by the record.
Valuessupported
The cited locator publishes the stored values at the available precision.
Sourcesupported
The cited source is a direct parameter publication or an explicit published model-input table.
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Placesupported
The shared se-england place describes the two-site application geography containing London and Swindon; it is not used as a claim of regional empirical determination.
Representativenesssupported
The albedo is published as an adjusted input for the two local site evaluations, so site is the supported evidence reach; city or regional determination is not established.
Methodsupported
The database adopts the adjusted value directly from Ward et al. Table 2 without a new fit.
Identitysupported
Stable path, target, source, place, origin, legacy ID and both stored 0.18 values identify one retained record shared by the two UK site applications.

Scientific note

Ward et al. directly publish bare-soil albedo 0.18 as an adjusted model input for the London and Swindon evaluations. The record retains the shared SE England application geography but now limits evidence reach to site, without changing the value, source, stable path or legacy identity.

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

Alb_max0.18

Model-ready fragment

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

alb:
  value: 0.18
  ref:
    ID: ward2016
    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.05.001
    desc: se-england, site

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Record metadata

Scopesite
Targetland_cover.bsoil · docs
Origin“UK, SE England” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 41240043

Used by 2 typologies

Same study, same place

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