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Paved · water storagepaved evidence record

storage_drain_params.store_min0.48
storage_drain_params.store_max0.48
water-storagepavedgenericgenericLand-cover classJärvi 2011

Parameters

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

storage_drain_params.store_min0.48
storage_drain_params.store_max0.48

Provenance evidence

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

Where: Table 2(a), Pavement column, p. 223

Gives Si = 0.48 mm for Pavement. Footnote b attributes the adopted value to Davies and Hollis (1981), while Järvi et al. publish the exact SUEWS parameter.

Where: Table 3, site characteristics, p. 225

The evaluation sites are in Vancouver and Los Angeles, not Helsinki.

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

Where: Table 4(a), Pav column, p. 1701

Reuses Si = 0.48 mm for Pav in the cold-climate SUEWS table.

Where: Table 4 caption, p. 1701

States that values are sourced from Järvi et al. (2011) unless otherwise indicated; this unfootnoted Pavement storage value is inherited rather than determined in Helsinki.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Paved identifies the pavement-surface column in Table 2(a).
Targetsupported
Table 2(a) publishes values by SUEWS surface type, including Pavement.
Valuessupported
The Pavement column gives Si = 0.48 mm, exactly matching both stored storage bounds. The source publishes one value, which the record faithfully repeats as its minimum and maximum.
Sourcesupported
Järvi et al. (2011) are the earliest checked publication that states the exact 0.48 mm SUEWS pavement storage capacity. Järvi et al. (2014) later reuse it as an inherited value.
Placesupported
The parameter is published by generic surface type, not as a Helsinki observation. Järvi et al. later use the same inherited value in Helsinki.
Representativenesssupported
Generic scope reflects a literature parameter offered for the SUEWS Pavement class, without a city- or site-specific determination.
Applicable Scalesupported
Table 2(a) defines the value for the Pavement land-cover class rather than for a whole neighbourhood, an individual facet, or a material specimen.
Methodsupported
Järvi et al. adopt and publish the literature value in their SUEWS parameter table.
Identitysupported
The stable path, Helsinki origin and legacy ID preserve the migrated application-row identity; they do not recast the generic parameter as a Helsinki determination.

Scientific note

Järvi et al. (2011) publish the exact 0.48 mm Pavement storage capacity as a generic SUEWS land-cover value. Their Table 2 footnote names Davies and Hollis (1981), but the cited conference paper, pages 434-443 of the Second International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage proceedings, remains unread. The accessible same-author 1981 doctoral thesis instead reports 1.00 mm for the road surface (UCL Discovery 1317854: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1317854/). Davies and Hollis therefore must not be claimed as the exact 0.48 mm parameter source without checking the conference paper. Järvi et al. (2014) later reuse the value in Helsinki. The stable path, Helsinki origin, legacy ID and values remain unchanged.

Model-ready fragment

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

storage_drain_params:
  store_min:
    value: 0.48
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
  store_max:
    value: 0.48
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover

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Record metadata

Placegeneric
Scopegeneric
Applicable scaleLand-cover class
Targetland_cover.paved · docs
Origin“Helsinki” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 43240001

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