Names follow the SUEWS YAML specification; click one for its definition in the configuration reference.
alb_min | 0.16 |
alb_max | 0.16 |
Where: Table 1, land-cover classes and WRF-equivalent constants, p. 247
The Deciduous forest row gives albedo 0.16; the separate Mixed forest row gives 0.13.
Where: Section 2, Material and methods, p. 245
Defines the three metropolitan study regions as Atlanta, Philadelphia and Phoenix; Helsinki is not a study region.
| Name | supported Deciduous Forest matches the land-cover subclass attached to albedo 0.16 in Vargo et al. Table 1. |
|---|---|
| Target | supported The cited value is the albedo assigned to a deciduous-forest land-cover class. |
| Values | supported Vargo et al. Table 1 gives Deciduous forest an albedo of 0.16, exactly matching both stored bounds. |
| Source | supported Vargo et al. is the publication that states the stored 0.16 value and identifies it as a WRF-equivalent land-cover constant. issue #363 · issue #364 |
| Place | supported Generic is appropriate because the value is a WRF-equivalent land-cover constant; the paper studies Atlanta, Philadelphia and Phoenix and provides no Helsinki determination. |
| Representativeness | supported Generic accurately describes a model land-cover constant that is not tied to a Helsinki site or city. |
| Method | supported The parameter is taken from a published model-parameter table, so literature is the supported method. |
| Identity | supported The record contains one deciduous-forest albedo value corresponding to one table entry. |
The stable path and origin preserve the legacy Helsinki import lineage, but Vargo et al. does not publish a Helsinki observation or application. Its Table 1 supplies 0.16 as the WRF-equivalent albedo constant for deciduous forest. The active place, representativeness and method therefore describe generic literature evidence while the stable path remains unchanged.
Paste under land_cover.dectr in a SUEWS YAML configuration; every value carries its citation.
alb_min:
value: 0.16
ref:
ID: vargo2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.007
desc: generic, generic
alb_max:
value: 0.16
ref:
ID: vargo2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.007
desc: generic, generic
Raises a prefilled sign-off issue. CI accepts it only when the issue author is in the verifier registry and the evidence revision is still current.
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