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Evergreen trees · leaf area index — Evergreen Tree, LaiEq = 1evetr evidence record

lai.lai_power.growth_lai0.04
lai.lai_power.growth_gdd0.001
lai.lai_power.senescence_lai-1.5
lai.lai_power.senescence_sdd0.0015
laievetrhelsinkicityJärvi 2014

Parameters

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

lai.lai_power.growth_lai0.04
lai.lai_power.growth_gdd0.001
lai.lai_power.senescence_lai-1.5
lai.lai_power.senescence_sdd0.0015
lai.lai_type1

Provenance evidence

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Development of the Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS) for cold climate citiesParameter source

Where: Appendix A, leaf area index parameterisation, p. 1707

Publishes growth coefficients 0.04 and 0.001 and senescence coefficients -1.5 and 0.0015 used at the two study cities.

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.
Placesupported
The place agrees with the source scope or is explicitly generic.
Representativenesssupported
The declared evidence reach does not exceed the source scope.
Methodsupported
The production or literature-compilation method is stated in the source.
Identitysupported
Stable path, target, source and values identify one retained database record.

Model-ready fragment

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

lai:
  lai_power:
    growth_lai:
      value: 0.04
      ref:
        ID: jarvi2014
        DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
        desc: helsinki, city
    growth_gdd:
      value: 0.001
      ref:
        ID: jarvi2014
        DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
        desc: helsinki, city
    senescence_lai:
      value: -1.5
      ref:
        ID: jarvi2014
        DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
        desc: helsinki, city
    senescence_sdd:
      value: 0.0015
      ref:
        ID: jarvi2014
        DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
        desc: helsinki, city
  lai_type:
    value: 1
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2014
      DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1691-2014
      desc: helsinki, city

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Record metadata

Scopecity
Targetland_cover.evetr · docs
Origin“Helsinki” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 32240033

Same study, same place

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