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Grass · maximum conductancegrass evidence record

max_conductance3.7
max-conductancegrasshelsinkicityHavu M. 2024

Parameters

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

max_conductance3.7

Provenance evidence

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Fitted · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-09-02. Agent assessment is evidence preparation, not human verification.

CO2 uptake of urban vegetation in a warming Nordic cityParameter source

Where: Appendix B, Table B.1, Site characteristics and used model parameters for Helsinki, p. 11

Publishes gmax 3.7 mm s-1 in the Grass column.

Where: Appendix B, Biogenic CO2 module parameters, and B.4, Low vegetation, p. 12

Describes the observational fitting and bootstrapped least-squares procedure for the Table B.1 parameters and identifies the grass data as an urban lawn in the Helsinki metropolitan region.

Where: Section 3.4, Uncertainties in CO2 modelling, p. 10

States that the parameters were derived from EC or chamber measurements and that generalising the neighbourhood-scale results to the broader Helsinki context was acceptable.

Intercomparison of biogenic CO2 flux models in four urban parks in the city of ZurichLater compilation

Where: Supplement Table S3, Parameters used by SUEWS model, p. 3

Gives one Lawn column and no maximum-conductance or G1 row.

Where: Title and abstract, p. 2133

Establishes application to four Zurich urban parks.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Grass is the surface-class heading under which Havu et al. publish the parameter.
Targetsupported
Maximum vegetation conductance is tabulated for the Grass class represented by land_cover.grass.
Valuessupported
Havu et al. Table B.1 publishes grass maximum conductance as 3.7 mm s-1, exactly matching the stored value.
Sourcesupported
Havu et al. is the exact parameter publication. Stagakis et al. is retained only as the later Zurich application context; its article and Supplement Table S3 publish no maximum-conductance parameter.
Placesupported
Havu et al. publish 3.7 among the model parameters used for Helsinki and describe the grass fitting data as an urban lawn in the Helsinki metropolitan region. Helsinki is therefore the active evidence place; Zurich remains only in origin and the stable path as application lineage.
Representativenesssupported
Havu et al. fit urban-vegetation parameters from measurements and state that generalising their neighbourhood-scale results to the broader Helsinki context was acceptable. City is therefore the supported reach; Stagakis supplies no Zurich conductance evidence.
Methodsupported
Havu et al. describe fitting the biogenic parameters collected in Table B.1 from observations, using bootstrapped least-squares procedures; fitted is the supported method.
Identitysupported
The stable path, origin and legacy ID retain the Zurich application instance, while the canonical source, place and method now describe its Helsinki/Havu scientific evidence. The value and evidence agree with the retained Helsinki sibling rather than claiming an independent Zurich determination.

Scientific note

Havu et al. Table B.1 publishes the exact 3.7 mm s-1 Grass value among the parameters used for Helsinki. Its methods describe observational fitting, bootstrapped least-squares estimation and an urban-lawn dataset from the Helsinki metropolitan region; the paper also accepts neighbourhood-to-city generalisation within Helsinki. Stagakis et al. publish no maximum-conductance parameter and supply only the later Zurich application context. The canonical record therefore uses source havu-m2024, place helsinki, representativeness city and method fitted. The stable path, origin Zurich and legacy ID retain application lineage without claiming an independent Zurich determination. No value changes.

Model-ready fragment

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

max_conductance:
  value: 3.7
  ref:
    ID: havu-m2024
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128261
    desc: helsinki, city

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Record metadata

Scopecity
Targetland_cover.grass · docs
Origin“Zurich” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 33240041

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