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Grass · drainage — Grass, unirrigatedgrass evidence record

storage_drain_params.drain_eq2
storage_drain_params.drain_coef_10.013
storage_drain_params.drain_coef_21.71
wet_threshold1.9
drainagegrassgenericgenericJärvi 2011

Parameters

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

Labelled fields override the record-level citation or scope; unlabelled fields use the record metadata.

storage_drain_params.drain_eq2 UMEP-dev 2020
storage_drain_params.drain_coef_10.013
storage_drain_params.drain_coef_21.71
wet_threshold1.9

Provenance evidence

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Published value · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-09-02. 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

Applies to: parameters.storage_drain_params.drain_coef_1, parameters.storage_drain_params.drain_coef_2, parameters.wet_threshold

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

Publishes Si 1.9 mm, D0,i 0.013 and b 1.71 in the Grass column. The same table explicitly labels site-specific initial states elsewhere, while these surface parameters carry no city label.

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

Where: Section 2.5, Equation 18, p. 224-225

States that unirrigated vegetation uses the exponential drainage equation. It establishes the scientific form but does not print the SUEWS interface selector.

SUEWS Documentation, Release v2020aParameter source

Applies to: parameters.storage_drain_params.drain_eq

Where: DrainageCoef1 configuration, SUEWS_Veg.txt example values, p. 62

Explicitly pairs DrainageEq 2 and DrainageCoef1 0.013 with EveTr, DecTr and Grass (unirrigated). This evidence is scoped only to drain_eq; the exact physical coefficients remain sourced to Järvi et al. (2011).

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

Where: Table 4(a), parameters used in SUEWS by surface, p. 1701

The later compilation repeats grass Si 1.9, D0,i 0.013 and b 1.71. Its caption points unfootnoted parameters back to Järvi et al. (2011).

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Järvi et al. label the source surface Grass, distinct from Irrigated grass.
Targetsupported
The table and drainage equation publish storage and drainage parameters for the grass SUEWS surface, matching land_cover.grass.
Valuessupported
Table 2(a) gives grass Si 1.9 mm, D0,i 0.013 and b 1.71, while Section 2.5 assigns unirrigated vegetation to Eq. 18's exponential form. The official v2020a documentation separately pairs DrainageEq 2 with 0.013 for grass (unirrigated). Every stored value is covered without treating a paper equation number as an interface selector.
Sourcesupported
Järvi et al. (2011) directly publish the three physical parameters and drainage form. The source-only parameter override attributes the interface selector to official v2020a documentation. Järvi et al. (2014) is retained only as later compilation evidence.
Placesupported
The original table presents a surface-type parameter rather than a Helsinki determination. Generic is therefore the supported evidence place; origin Helsinki preserves migration lineage.
Representativenesssupported
The publication presents the tuple by surface type without a site-specific derivation, supporting generic rather than city representativeness.
Methodsupported
Literature accurately describes direct transcription of the published physical parameters, equation form and documented interface selector.
Identitysupported
The original table distinguishes grass from irrigated grass and publishes different drainage forms and coefficients for them. The stable Helsinki path and origin retain migration identity.

Scientific note

Järvi et al. (2011) publishes the three physical parameters and Eq. 18 directly; official SUEWS documentation establishes the separate selector mapping. The later 2014 table is compilation evidence, not the parameter origin. The source and scope metadata are corrected without changing any parameter, target, stable path, origin or legacy ID.

Model-ready fragment

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

storage_drain_params:
  drain_eq:
    value: 2
    ref:
      ID: umep-dev2020a-docs
      DOI: null
      desc: generic, generic
  drain_coef_1:
    value: 0.013
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic
  drain_coef_2:
    value: 1.71
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic
wet_threshold:
  value: 1.9
  ref:
    ID: jarvi2011
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
    desc: generic, generic

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Record metadata

Placegeneric
Scopegeneric
Targetland_cover.grass · docs
Origin“Helsinki” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 45240012

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