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Deciduous trees · leaf area indexdectr evidence record

lai.lai_type0
lai.lai_min1
lai.lai_max5.5
laidectrgenericgenericJärvi 2011

Parameters

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

lai.lai_type0
lai.lai_min1
lai.lai_max5.5

Provenance evidence

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Published value · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-23. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

The Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS): Evaluation in Los Angeles and Vancouver.Parameter source

Where: Table 2, model parameter values by surface type, p. 223

Publishes LAImin,dec 1 and LAImax,dec 5.5; footnote c attributes the maximum to Breuer et al. (2003).

Plant parameter values for models in Temperate climatesInput observations

Where: Citation lineage in Järvi et al. (2011) Table 2 footnote c, p. 223

Records the explicit upstream attribution without treating the underlying publication as the direct source of this database record.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Deciduous Tree matches the deciduous-tree category used for the published LAI range.
Targetsupported
Minimum and maximum leaf area index are properties of the land_cover.dectr target.
Valuessupported
Järvi et al. (2011) Table 2 publishes LAImin,dec 1 and LAImax,dec 5.5. The Zheng Beijing model archive reuses those values with equation type 0, matching the complete stored parameter set without making Ward et al. (2013) its source.
Sourcesupported
Järvi et al. (2011) is the publication that prints the stored minimum and maximum. Its Table 2 footnote c attributes the 5.5 maximum to Breuer et al. (2003), so Breuer is recorded as input lineage rather than as this record's direct parameter source.
Placesupported
Generic is appropriate because the parameter pair is published as a deciduous-tree model value, not as a Beijing measurement. The Zheng configuration shows its later use in Beijing but does not change the scope of the underlying literature values.
Representativenesssupported
Generic accurately describes a literature parameter set reused in later applications rather than a value measured or fitted to represent Beijing as a whole.
Methodsupported
The record transcribes published model parameters and their stated literature lineage, so literature is the supported method.
Identitysupported
The stable path and origin preserve the Beijing application lineage while the active scope identifies the values as the generic literature parameter set published by Järvi et al.

Scientific note

Järvi et al. (2011) publishes the exact deciduous-tree LAI minimum and maximum, with the 5.5 maximum traced to Breuer et al. (2003), and the final Zheng Beijing archive shows the same pair used with equation type 0. Neither Järvi nor Breuer establishes the values as Beijing measurements, while Zheng demonstrates application rather than local derivation. The stable path and origin retain that application lineage; the active place and representativeness now describe the generic literature evidence.

Model-ready fragment

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

lai:
  lai_type:
    value: 0
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic
  lai_min:
    value: 1
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic
  lai_max:
    value: 5.5
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic

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Record metadata

Placegeneric
Scopegeneric
Targetland_cover.dectr · docs
Origin“Beijing” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 31240024

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