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storage_drain_params.drain_eq3
storage_drain_params.drain_coef_110
storage_drain_params.drain_coef_23
wet_threshold0.48
drainagepavedgenericgenericLand-cover classJärvi 2011

Parameters

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

storage_drain_params.drain_eq3
storage_drain_params.drain_coef_110
storage_drain_params.drain_coef_23
wet_threshold0.48

Provenance evidence

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Published value · assessed by provenance-audit · 2026-08-24. 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

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

Publishes pavement storage capacity Si 0.48 mm, D0 10 and b 3 as model parameters by surface type.

Where: Equation 19, paved surface, roofs and irrigated vegetation drainage, p. 224

Defines the power-law drainage form used for paved surfaces and states that D0 and b come from the literature.

SUEWS v2016a release workbook: SUEWS_SiteInfo18_Lo.xlsmLater compilation

Where: SUEWS_SiteInfo18_Lo.xlsm, SUEWS_NonVeg sheet, London paved row 8

Stores DrainageEq 3, DrainageCoef1 10, DrainageCoef2 3 and WetThreshold 0.48 in the later London sample configuration, confirming application without making London the parameter origin.

Assessment findings

Namesupported
Paved identifies the surface type in Järvi Table 2(a); the sample-run suffix described only the later London workbook row and is not part of the active parameter identity.
Targetsupported
Järvi defines the storage threshold and drainage formulation for the paved surface type.
Valuessupported
Table 2(a) gives paved Si 0.48 mm, D0 10 and b 3; Equation 19 defines the paved/nonvegetated power-law drainage, and the v2016a London row stores selector 3 with the same complete tuple.
Sourcesupported
Järvi et al. are the immediate publication of the complete physical tuple. The release workbook is later application/compilation evidence and does not replace the parameter source.
Placesupported
Järvi presents one literature parameter set by surface type and evaluates it outside London; the v2016a workbook later reuses it in London. Generic is therefore the evidence place, while origin London preserves the migrated workbook lineage.
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Representativenesssupported
Generic reach describes a literature default reused across model applications, not a London city-wide measurement or fit.
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Applicable Scalesupported
Table 2(a) is explicitly organised by surface type and assigns the tuple to Pavement, so it describes the paved land-cover class rather than a whole-neighbourhood aggregate.
Methodsupported
Literature accurately describes adoption of a published model-input tuple; this record performs no new measurement, fit or calculation.
Identitysupported
The stable path, origin, source, legacy ID, target and values retain the migrated v2016a row identity while the active fields now describe its scientific evidence.

Scientific note

Järvi et al. publish a paved-surface literature parameter set and evaluate SUEWS in Vancouver and Los Angeles. The v2016a workbook later reuses the same complete tuple in a London sample row. The record is therefore an active generic land-cover literature default; London remains only as stable-path and origin lineage. No parameter value, source key, target or legacy ID changed.

Model-ready fragment

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

storage_drain_params:
  drain_eq:
    value: 3
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
  drain_coef_1:
    value: 10
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
  drain_coef_2:
    value: 3
    ref:
      ID: jarvi2011
      DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.001
      desc: generic, generic, land_cover
wet_threshold:
  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“London” (verbatim legacy string)
Schema2026.5 · legacy row 45240001

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