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soil_depth1000
soil_store_capacity312
saturated_hydraulic_conductivity0.0005
soil_density1.16
soilcommonhelsinkicityHavu 2024

Parameters

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

soil_depth1000
soil_store_capacity312
saturated_hydraulic_conductivity0.0005
soil_density1.16

Provenance evidence

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Published value · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-24. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

Data used in manuscript CO2 uptake of urban vegetation in a warming Nordic cityParameter source

Where: Zenodo Input_met.zip/Input_met/SUEWS_Soil.txt, code 71

Stores 1000, 312, 0.0005 and 1.16 as the executable Helsinki forest soil tuple.

Where: Zenodo Input_met.zip/Input_met/SUEWS_Veg.txt, codes 831 and 841

Assigns SoilTypeCode 71 to both the Helsinki deciduous-forest and evergreen-forest rows.

CO2 uptake of urban vegetation in a warming Nordic cityValidation

Where: Table B.1, deciduous-forest and evergreen-forest soil rows, p. 11

Publishes 1.0 m depth for both forest types but separate SWCmax values of 0.31 and 0.29 m; it does not publish a mixed-forest 0.312 m capacity.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Mixed forest identifies the one archived soil-code configuration reused by both the deciduous- and evergreen-forest surface rows; it does not claim that the paper publishes a mixed-forest soil value.
Targetsupported
The tuple consists of soil properties stored as the shared common soil input for the two Helsinki forest land-cover surfaces.
Valuessupported
The archived executable input stores soil code 71 as depth 1000 mm, capacity 312 mm, conductivity 0.0005 and density 1.16 and assigns it to both forest types. Havu Table B.1 instead publishes separate 1 m deciduous and evergreen capacities of 0.31 and 0.29 m, so the retained 312 mm tuple is supported only as the exact configuration value, not as a published mixed-forest parameter.
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Sourcesupported
The citable Zenodo dataset is the direct source for the exact executable tuple. The journal article is retained separately as validation evidence because it publishes distinct deciduous and evergreen capacities rather than the archived 312 mm shared value.
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Placesupported
Both the publication and archived surface rows identify Helsinki as the application place.
Representativenesssupported
City describes the archived Helsinki model configuration, in which the shared soil code is assigned to both forest surface classes across the city model; it is configuration reach, not observational reach.
Methodsupported
Literature records direct transcription of the citable archived dataset. The database neither averages the paper values nor attributes the configuration tuple to a new fit or measurement.
Identitysupported
The stable path, Helsinki origin, legacy ID, name and exact tuple retain the migrated shared-soil identity without collapsing it into either of the distinct published forest parameter rows.

Scientific note

The citable archived dataset and the paper are not interchangeable evidence. The archive directly supplies the complete executable tuple and proves that one 312 mm soil code was run for both Helsinki forest types; Table B.1 publishes distinct deciduous and evergreen capacities. This record therefore preserves the exact archived tuple with the dataset as its parameter source and makes the publication distinction visible. No value, stable path, name or legacy identity is changed.

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

InfiltrationRate10
OBS_SMDepth-999
OBS_SMCap-999
OBS_SoilNotRocks-999

Model-ready fragment

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

soil_depth:
  value: 1000
  ref:
    ID: havu-m2024-data
    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10572180
    desc: helsinki, city
soil_store_capacity:
  value: 312
  ref:
    ID: havu-m2024-data
    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10572180
    desc: helsinki, city
saturated_hydraulic_conductivity:
  value: 0.0005
  ref:
    ID: havu-m2024-data
    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10572180
    desc: helsinki, city
soil_density:
  value: 1.16
  ref:
    ID: havu-m2024-data
    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10572180
    desc: helsinki, city

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Record metadata

Scopecity
Targetland_cover.common · docs
Origin“Helsinki” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 22240061

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