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4.2.14. Input Options¶
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a1
¶
Description: Coefficient for Q* term [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt MU
Coefficient for Q* term [-]
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a2
¶
Description: Coefficient for
dQ*/dt
term [h]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt MU
Coefficient for dQ*/dt term [h]
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a3
¶
Description: Constant term [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt MU
Constant term [W m-2]
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ActivityProfWD
¶
Description: Code linking to
ActivityProfWD
in SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt L
Code for human activity profile (weekdays) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Used for CO2 flux calculation.
Not used in this version.
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ActivityProfWE
¶
Description: Code linking to
ActivityProfWE
in SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt L
Code for human activity profile (weekends) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Look the codes Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Used for CO2 flux calculation.
Not used in this version.
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AHMin_WD
¶
Description: Minimum QF on weekdays [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
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AHMin_WE
¶
Description: Minimum QF on weekends [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
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AHSlope_Heating_WD
¶
Description: Heating slope of QF on weekdays [W m-2 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
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AHSlope_Heating_WE
¶
Description: Heating slope of QF on weekends [W m-2 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
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AHSlope_Cooling_WD
¶
Description: Cooling slope of QF on weekdays [W m-2 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
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AHSlope_Cooling_WE
¶
Description: Cooling slope of QF on weekends [W m-2 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
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AlbedoMax
¶
Description: Effective surface albedo (middle of the day value) for summertime.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MU
Effective surface albedo (middle of the day value) for summertime. View factors should be taken into account. SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
Example values [-]
SUEWS_Water.txt MU
Example values [-]
- 0.1 Water Oke (1987) [Ok87]
SUEWS_Snow.txt MU
Example values [-]
- 0.85 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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AlbedoMin
¶
Description: Effective surface albedo (middle of the day value) for wintertime (not including snow).
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MU
Not currently used for non-vegetated surfaces – set the same as AlbedoMax. SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
Example values [-]
SUEWS_Water.txt MU
Not currently used for water surface - set same as AlbedoMax. SUEWS_Snow.txt MU
Example values [-]
- 0.18 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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alpha
¶
Description: The mean apparent ecosystem quantum. Represents the initial slope of the light-response curve. [umol CO2 umol photons^-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt MU
O
Example values: EmissionsMethod
= 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16: 0.044 Ruimy et al (1995) [R95], 0.0593 Schmid et al. (2000) [S2000], 0.0205 Flanagan et al. (2002) [FWC2002].EmissionsMethod
= 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, or 26: 0.031 Bellucco et al. (2017) [B2017]EmissionsMethod
= 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36: 0.005 Bellucco et al. (2017) [B2017]
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Alt
¶
Description: Altitude of grids [m].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Used for both the radiation and water flow between grids. Not available in this version.
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AnOHM_Ch
¶
Description: Bulk transfer coefficient for this surface to use in AnOHM [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MU
Bulk transfer coefficient for this surface to use in AnOHM [-] SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
Bulk transfer coefficient for this surface to use in AnOHM [-] SUEWS_Water.txt MU
Bulk transfer coefficient for this surface to use in AnOHM [-] SUEWS_Snow.txt MU
Bulk transfer coefficient for this surface to use in AnOHM [-]
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AnOHM_Cp
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity for this surface to use in AnOHM [J m-3]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MU
Volumetric heat capacity for this surface to use in AnOHM [J m-3] SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
Volumetric heat capacity for this surface to use in AnOHM [J m-3] SUEWS_Water.txt MU
Volumetric heat capacity for this surface to use in AnOHM [J m-3] SUEWS_Snow.txt MU
Volumetric heat capacity for this surface to use in AnOHM [J m-3]
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AnOHM_Kk
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity for this surface to use in AnOHM [W m K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MU
Thermal conductivity for this surface to use in AnOHM [W m K-1] SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
Thermal conductivity for this surface to use in AnOHM [W m K-1] SUEWS_Water.txt MU
Thermal conductivity for this surface to use in AnOHM [W m K-1] SUEWS_Snow.txt MU
Thermal conductivity for this surface to use in AnOHM [W m K-1]
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AnthropogenicCode
¶
Description: Code for modelling anthropogenic heat flux linking to
Code
of SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt, which contains the model coefficients for estimation of the anthropogenic heat flux (used ifEmissionsMethod
= 1, 2 in RunControl.nml).Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt.
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AreaWall
¶
Description: Area of wall within grid (needed for ESTM calculation).
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Area of wall within grid (needed for ESTM calculation).
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BaseT
¶
Description: Base Temperature for initiating growing degree days (GDD) for leaf growth. [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
See section 2.2 Järvi et al. (2011); Appendix A Järvi et al. (2014). Example values: 5 for EveTr Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
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BaseTe
¶
Description: Base temperature for initiating sensesance degree days (SDD) for leaf off. [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
See section 2.2 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11] ; Appendix A Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014] . Example values: 10 EveTr Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
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BaseTHDD
¶
Description: Base temperature for heating degree days [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
Base temperature for heating degree days [°C] e.g. Sailor and Vasireddy (2006) [SV06]
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beta
¶
Description: The light-saturated gross photosynthesis of the canopy. [umol m-2 s-1 ]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt MU
O
Example values:
EmissionsMethod
= 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16: 43.35 Ruimy et al. (1995) [R95], 35 Schmid et al. (2000) [S2000], 16.3 Flanagan et al. (2002) [FWC2002]EmissionsMethod
= 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26: 17.793 Bellucco et al. (2017) [B2017]EmissionsMethod
= 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36: 8.474 Bellucco et al. (2017) [B2017]
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theta
¶
Description: The convexity of the curve at light saturation.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt MU
O
Example value: EmissionsMethod
= 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26: 0.723 Bellucco et al. (2017) [B2017]EmissionsMethod
= 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36: 0.96 Bellucco et al. (2017) [B2017]
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alpha_enh
¶
Description: Part of the
alpha
coefficient related to the fraction of vegetation.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt MU
O
Example value: 0.016 Bellucco et al. (2017) [B2017]
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beta_enh
¶
Description: Part of the
beta
coefficient related to the fraction of vegetation.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt MU
O
Example values: 33.454 Bellucco et al. (2017) [B2017]
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resp_a
¶
Description: Respiration coefficient a.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt MU
O
Example values: 1.08 Schmid et al. (2000) [S2000], 3.229 Järvi et al. (2012) [J12]
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resp_b
¶
Description: Respiration coefficient b - related to air temperature dependency.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt MU
O
Example values: 0.0064 Schmid et al. (2000) [S2000], 0.0329 Järvi et al. (2012) [J12].
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min_respi
¶
Description: Minimum soil respiration rate (for cold-temperature limit) [umol m-2 s-1].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt MU
O
Example values: 0.6 estimate from Hyytiälä forest site.
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BiogenCO2Code
¶
Description: Code linking to the
Code
column in SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt L
Code linking to the Code
column in SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt.
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QF0_BEU_WD
¶
Description: Building energy use [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
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QF0_BEU_WE
¶
Description: Building energy use [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Can be used for CO2 flux calculation. set to -999 Not used in this version.
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CO2PointSource
¶
Description: CO2 emission factor [kg km-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
CO2 emission factor [kg km-1]
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Code
¶
Description: Code linking to a corresponding look-up table.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt for paved surfaces (Code_Paved), buildings (Code_Bldgs) and bare soil surfaces (Code_BSoil). Value of integer is arbitrary but must match codes specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt. SUEWS_Veg.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt for evergreen trees and shrubs (Code_EveTr), deciduous trees and shrubs (Code_DecTr) and grass surfaces (Code_Grass). Value of integer is arbitrary but must match codes specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt. SUEWS_Water.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt for water surfaces (Code_Water). Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt. SUEWS_Snow.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt for snow surfaces (SnowCode). Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt. SUEWS_Soil.txt L
Code linking to the SoilTypeCode column in SUEWS_NonVeg.txt (for Paved, Bldgs and BSoil surfaces) and SUEWS_Veg.txt (for EveTr, DecTr and Grass surfaces). Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt. SUEWS_Conductance.txt L
Code linking to the CondCode column in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt. SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt L
Code linking to the AnthropogenicCode column in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt. SUEWS_Irrigation.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt for irrigation modelling (IrrigationCode). Value of integer is arbitrary but must match codes specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt. SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt L
Code linking to the OHMCode_SummerWet
,OHMCode_SummerDry
,OHMCode_WinterWet
andOHMCode_WinterDry
columns in SUEWS_NonVeg.txt, SUEWS_Veg.txt, SUEWS_Water.txt and SUEWS_Snow.txt files. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt.SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt L
For buildings and paved surfaces, set to zero if there is more than one ESTM class per grid and the codes and surface fractions specified in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt will be used instead. SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt L
Code linking to the BiogenCO2Code
column in SUEWS_Veg.txt.
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Code_Bldgs
¶
Description: Code for
Bldgs
surface characteristics linking toCode
of SUEWS_NonVeg.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for Bldgs surface characteristics Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_NonVeg.txt, which contains the attributes describing buildings in this grid for this year. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_NonVeg.txt.
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Code_BSoil
¶
Description: Code for
BSoil
surface characteristics linking toCode
of SUEWS_NonVeg.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_NonVeg.txt.
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Code_DecTr
¶
Description: Code for
DecTr
surface characteristics linking toCode
of SUEWS_Veg.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for DecTr surface characteristics Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Veg.txt, which contains the attributes describing deciduous trees and shrubs in this grid for this year. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Veg.txt.
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Code_ESTMClass_Bldgs1
¶
Description: Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
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Code_ESTMClass_Bldgs2
¶
Description: Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
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Code_ESTMClass_Bldgs3
¶
Description: Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
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Code_ESTMClass_Bldgs4
¶
Description: Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
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Code_ESTMClass_Bldgs5
¶
Description: Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
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Code_ESTMClass_Paved1
¶
Description: Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
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Code_ESTMClass_Paved2
¶
Description: Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
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Code_ESTMClass_Paved3
¶
Description: Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
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Code_EveTr
¶
Description: Code for
EveTr
surface characteristics linking toCode
of SUEWS_Veg.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for EveTr surface characteristics Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Veg.txt, which contains the attributes describing evergreen trees and shrubs in this grid for this year. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Veg.txt.
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Code_Grass
¶
Description: Code for
Grass
surface characteristics linking toCode
of SUEWS_Veg.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for Grass surface characteristics Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Veg.txt, which contains the attributes describing grass surfaces in this grid for this year. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Veg.txt.
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Code_Paved
¶
Description: Code for
Paved
surface characteristics linking toCode
of SUEWS_NonVeg.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for Paved surface characteristics Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_NonVeg.txt, which contains the attributes describing paved areas in this grid for this year. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_NonVeg.txt. e.g. 331 means use the characteristics specified in the row of input file SUEWS_NonVeg.txt which has 331 in column 1 (Code).
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Code_Water
¶
Description: Code for
Water
surface characteristics linking toCode
of SUEWS_Water.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for Water surface characteristics Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Water.txt, which contains the attributes describing open water in this grid for this year. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Water.txt.
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CondCode
¶
Description: Code for surface conductance parameters linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Conductance.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for surface conductance parameters Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Conductance.txt, which contains the parameters for the Jarvis (1976) [Ja76] parameterisation of surface conductance. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Conductance.txt. e.g. 33 means use the characteristics specified in the row of input file SUEWS_Conductance.txt which has 33 in column 1 (Code).
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CRWMax
¶
Description: Maximum water holding capacity of snow [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Snow.txt MD
Maximum water holding capacity of snow [mm]
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CRWMin
¶
Description: Minimum water holding capacity of snow [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Snow.txt MD
Minimum water holding capacity of snow [mm]
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DayWat(1)
¶
Description: Irrigation allowed on Sundays [1], if not [0]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Irrigation allowed on Sundays [1], if not [0]
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DayWat(2)
¶
Description: Irrigation allowed on Mondays [1], if not [0]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Irrigation allowed on Mondays [1], if not [0]
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DayWat(3)
¶
Description: Irrigation allowed on Tuesdays [1], if not [0]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Irrigation allowed on Tuesdays [1], if not [0]
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DayWat(4)
¶
Description: Irrigation allowed on Wednesdays [1], if not [0]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Irrigation allowed on Wednesdays [1], if not [0]
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DayWat(5)
¶
Description: Irrigation allowed on Thursdays [1], if not [0]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Irrigation allowed on Thursdays [1], if not [0]
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DayWat(6)
¶
Description: Irrigation allowed on Fridays [1], if not [0]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Irrigation allowed on Fridays [1], if not [0]
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DayWat(7)
¶
Description: Irrigation allowed on Saturdays [1], if not [0]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Irrigation allowed on Saturdays [1], if not [0]
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DayWatPer(1)
¶
Description: Fraction of properties using irrigation on Sundays [0-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Fraction of properties using irrigation on Sundays [0-1]
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DayWatPer(2)
¶
Description: Fraction of properties using irrigation on Mondays [0-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Fraction of properties using irrigation on Mondays [0-1]
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DayWatPer(3)
¶
Description: Fraction of properties using irrigation on Tuesdays [0-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Fraction of properties using irrigation on Tuesdays [0-1]
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DayWatPer(4)
¶
Description: Fraction of properties using irrigation on Wednesdays [0-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Fraction of properties using irrigation on Wednesdays [0-1]
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DayWatPer(5)
¶
Description: Fraction of properties using irrigation on Thursdays [0-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Fraction of properties using irrigation on Thursdays [0-1]
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DayWatPer(6)
¶
Description: Fraction of properties using irrigation on Fridays [0-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Fraction of properties using irrigation on Fridays [0-1]
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DayWatPer(7)
¶
Description: Fraction of properties using irrigation on Saturdays [0-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Fraction of properties using irrigation on Saturdays [0-1]
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DrainageCoef1
¶
Description: Coefficient D0 [mm h-1] used in
DrainageEq
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MD
- Example values:
DrainageEq
= 3, 10 forPaved
andBldgs
;DrainageEq
= 2, 0.013 forBSoil
SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Example values:
DrainageEq
= 3, 10 forGrass
(irrigated);DrainageEq
= 2, 0.013 forEveTr
,DecTr
,Grass
(unirrigated)
SUEWS_Water.txt MD
Not currently used for water surface - Example values:
-
DrainageCoef2
¶
Description: Coefficient b [-] used in
DrainageEq
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MD
- Example values:
DrainageEq
= 3, 3 forPaved
andBldgs
DrainageEq
= 2, 1.71 forBSoil
SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
- Example values:
DrainageEq
= 3, 3 forGrass
(irrigated)DrainageEq
= 2, 1.71 forEveTr
,DecTr
,Grass
(unirrigated)
SUEWS_Water.txt MD
Not currently used for water surface - Example values:
-
DrainageEq
¶
Description: Calculation choice for Drainage equation
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MD
- Options:
SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
- Options:
- 1: Falk and Niemczynowicz (1978) [FN78]
- 2: Halldin et al. (1979) [Ha79] (Rutter eqn corrected for c=0, see Calder & Wright (1986) [CW86] )
- 3: for
EveTr
,DecTr
,Grass
(unirrigated) Falk and Niemczynowicz (1978) [FN78] Coefficients are specified in the following two columns. Recommended in this version.
SUEWS_Water.txt MD
Not currently used for water surface.
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EF_umolCO2perJ
¶
Description: Emission factor for fuels used for building heating.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
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Emissivity
¶
Description: Effective surface emissivity.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MU
Effective surface emissivity. View factors should be taken into account. SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
Example values [-]
SUEWS_Water.txt MU
Example values [-]
- 0.95 Water Oke (1987) [Ok87]
SUEWS_Snow.txt MU
Example values [-]
- 0.99 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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EndDLS
¶
Description: End of the day light savings [DOY]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
End of the day light savings [DOY] See Day Light Savings (DLS).
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EnEF_v_Jkm
¶
Description: Emission factor for heat [J k|m^-1|].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Emission factor for heat [J k|m^-1|]. Example values: 3.97e6 Sailor and Lu (2004) [SL04]
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EnergyUseProfWD
¶
Description: Code linking to
EnergyUseProfWD
in SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt L
Code for energy use profile (weekdays) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Look the codes Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.
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EnergyUseProfWE
¶
Description: Code linking to
EnergyUseProfWE
in SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt L
Code for energy use profile (weekends) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.
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ESTMCode
¶
Description: Code for ESTM coefficients linking to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt L
For paved and building surfaces, it is possible to specify multiple codes per grid (3 for paved, 5 for buildings) using SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt . In this case, set ESTMCode here to zero. SUEWS_Veg.txt L
Code for ESTM coefficients to use for this surface. Links to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Water.txt L
Code for ESTM coefficients to use for this surface. Links to SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Snow.txt L
For paved and building surfaces, it is possible to specify multiple codes per grid (3 for paved, 5 for buildings) using SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt . In this case, set ESTM code here to zero.
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FAI_Bldgs
¶
Description: Frontal area index for buildings [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Frontal area index for buildings [-] Required if RoughLenMomMethod
= 3 in RunControl.nml .
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FAI_DecTr
¶
Description: Frontal area index for deciduous trees [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Frontal area index for deciduous trees [-] Required if RoughLenMomMethod
= 3 in RunControl.nml .
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FAI_EveTr
¶
Description: Frontal area index for evergreen trees [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Frontal area index for evergreen trees [-] Required if RoughLenMomMethod
= 3 in RunControl.nml .
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Faut
¶
Description: Fraction of irrigated area that is irrigated using automated systems
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Fraction of irrigated area that is irrigated using automated systems (e.g. sprinklers).
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FcEF_v_kgkmWD
¶
Description: CO2 emission factor for weekdays [kg km-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
CO2 emission factor for weekdays [kg km-1] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
-
FcEF_v_kgkmWE
¶
Description: CO2 emission factor for weekends [kg km-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
CO2 emission factor for weekdays [kg km-1] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
-
FcEF_v_Jkm
¶
Description: Traffic emission factor for CO2.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
-
fcld
¶
Description: Cloud fraction [tenths]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Cloud fraction [tenths]
-
FlowChange
¶
Description: Difference in input and output flows for water surface [mm h-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
Difference in input and output flows for water surface [mm h-1] Used to indicate river or stream flow through the grid. Currently not fully tested!
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Fraction1of8
¶
Description: Fraction of water that can flow to
GridConnection1of8
[-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Fraction of water that can flow to the grid specified in previous column [-]
-
Fraction2of8
¶
Description: Fraction of water that can flow to
GridConnection2of8
[-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Fraction of water that can flow to the grid specified in previous column [-]
-
Fraction3of8
¶
Description: Fraction of water that can flow to
GridConnection3of8
[-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Fraction of water that can flow to the grid specified in previous column [-]
-
Fraction4of8
¶
Description: Fraction of water that can flow to
GridConnection4of8
[-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Fraction of water that can flow to the grid specified in previous column [-]
-
Fraction5of8
¶
Description: Fraction of water that can flow to
GridConnection5of8
[-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Fraction of water that can flow to the grid specified in previous column [-]
-
Fraction6of8
¶
Description: Fraction of water that can flow to
GridConnection6of8
[-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Fraction of water that can flow to the grid specified in previous column [-]
-
Fraction7of8
¶
Description: Fraction of water that can flow to
GridConnection7of8
[-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Fraction of water that can flow to the grid specified in previous column [-]
-
Fraction8of8
¶
Description: Fraction of water that can flow to
GridConnection8of8
[-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Fraction of water that can flow to the grid specified in previous column [-]
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Fr_Bldgs
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of buildings [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Surface cover fraction of buildings [-]
-
Fr_Bsoil
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of bare soil or unmanaged land [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Surface cover fraction of bare soil or unmanaged land [-]
-
Fr_DecTr
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of deciduous trees and shrubs [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Surface cover fraction of deciduous trees and shrubs [-]
-
Fr_ESTMClass_Bldgs1
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of building class 1 used in ESTM calculations
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Columns 94-98 must add up to 1
-
Fr_ESTMClass_Bldgs2
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of building class 2 used in ESTM calculations
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Columns 94-98 must add up to 1
-
Fr_ESTMClass_Bldgs3
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of building class 3 used in ESTM calculations
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Columns 94-98 must add up to 1
-
Fr_ESTMClass_Bldgs4
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of building class 4 used in ESTM calculations
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Columns 94-98 must add up to 1
-
Fr_ESTMClass_Bldgs5
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of building class 5 used in ESTM calculations
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Columns 94-98 must add up to 1
-
Fr_ESTMClass_Paved1
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of
Paved
surface class 1 used in ESTM calculationsConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Columns 88-90 must add up to 1
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Fr_ESTMClass_Paved2
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of
Paved
surface class 2 used in ESTM calculationsConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Columns 88-90 must add up to 1
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Fr_ESTMClass_Paved3
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of
Paved
surface class 3 used in ESTM calculationsConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Columns 88-90 must add up to 1
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Fr_EveTr
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of
EveTr
: evergreen trees and shrubs [-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Surface cover fraction of evergreen trees and shrubs [-]
-
Fr_Grass
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of
Grass
[-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Surface cover fraction of grass [-]
-
Fr_Paved
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of
Paved
surfaces [-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Columns 14 to 20 must sum to 1 .
-
Fr_Water
¶
Description: Surface cover fraction of open water [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Surface cover fraction of open water [-] (e.g. river, lakes, ponds, swimming pools)
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FrFossilFuel_Heat
¶
Description: Fraction of fossil fuels used for building heating [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
-
FrFossilFuel_NonHeat
¶
Description: Fraction of fossil fuels used for building energy use [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
-
FrPDDwe
¶
Description: Fraction of weekend population to weekday population. [-] Configuration:
-
G1
¶
Description: Related to maximum surface conductance [mm s-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Related to maximum surface conductance [mm s-1]
-
G2
¶
Description: Related to Kdown dependence [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Related to Kdown dependence [W m-2]
-
G3
¶
Description: Related to VPD dependence [units depend on
gsModel
]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Related to VPD dependence [units depend on gsChoice in RunControl.nml ]
-
G4
¶
Description: Related to VPD dependence [units depend on
gsModel
]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Related to VPD dependence [units depend on gsChoice in RunControl.nml ]
-
G5
¶
Description: Related to temperature dependence [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Related to temperature dependence [°C]
-
G6
¶
Description: Related to soil moisture dependence [mm-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Related to soil moisture dependence [mm-1]
-
gamq_gkgm
¶
Description: vertical gradient of specific humidity [g kg-1 m-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment CBL_initial_data.txt MU
vertical gradient of specific humidity (g kg-1 m-1 )
-
gamt_Km
¶
Description: vertical gradient of potential temperature [K m-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment CBL_initial_data.txt MU
vertical gradient of potential temperature (K m-1 ) strength of the inversion
-
GDDFull
¶
Description: The growing degree days (GDD) needed for full capacity of the leaf area index (LAI) [°C].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
This should be checked carefully for your study area using modelled LAI from the DailyState output file compared to known behaviour in the study area. See section 2.2 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11] ; Appendix A Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014] for more details. Example values: 300 for EveTr
Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
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Grid
¶
Description: a unique number to represent grid
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Grid numbers do not need to be consecutive and do not need to start at a particular value. Each grid must have a unique grid number. All grids must be present for all years. These grid numbers are referred to in GridConnections (columns 64-79) ( N.B. Not available in this version. )
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GridConnection1of8
¶
Description: Number of the 1st grid where water can flow to The next 8 pairs of columns specify the water flow between grids. The first column of each pair specifies the grid that the water flows to (from the current grid, column 1); the second column of each pair specifies the fraction of water that flow to that grid. The fraction (i.e. amount) of water transferred may be estimated based on elevation, the length of connecting surface between grids, presence of walls, etc. Water cannot flow from the current grid to the same grid, so the grid number here must be different to the grid number in column 1. Water can flow to a maximum of 8 other grids. If there is no water flow between grids, or a single grid is run, set to 0. See section on Grid Connections
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
The next 8 pairs of columns specify the water flow between grids. The first column of each pair specifies the grid that the water flows to (from the current grid, column 1); the second column of each pair specifies the fraction of water that flow to that grid. The fraction (i.e. amount) of water transferred may be estimated based on elevation, the length of connecting surface between grids, presence of walls, etc. Water cannot flow from the current grid to the same grid, so the grid number here must be different to the grid number in column 1. Water can flow to a maximum of 8 other grids. If there is no water flow between grids, or a single grid is run, set to 0. See section on Grid Connections
-
GridConnection2of8
¶
Description: Number of the 2nd grid where water can flow to
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Number of the grid where water can flow to
-
GridConnection3of8
¶
Description: Number of the 3rd grid where water can flow to
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Number of the grid where water can flow to
-
GridConnection4of8
¶
Description: Number of the 4th grid where water can flow to
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Number of the grid where water can flow to
-
GridConnection5of8
¶
Description: Number of the 5th grid where water can flow to
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Number of the grid where water can flow to
-
GridConnection6of8
¶
Description: Number of the 6th grid where water can flow to
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Number of the grid where water can flow to
-
GridConnection7of8
¶
Description: Number of the 7th grid where water can flow to
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Number of the grid where water can flow to
-
GridConnection8of8
¶
Description: Number of the 8th grid where water can flow to
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Number of the grid where water can flow to
-
gsModel
¶
Description: Formulation choice for conductance calculation.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
-
H_Bldgs
¶
Description: Mean building height [m]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Mean building height [m]
-
H_DecTr
¶
Description: Mean height of deciduous trees [m]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Mean height of deciduous trees [m]
-
H_EveTr
¶
Description: Mean height of evergreen trees [m]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Mean height of evergreen trees [m]
-
id
¶
Description: Day of year [DOY]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
Not used: set to 1 in this version. SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
Day of year [DOY] SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Day of year [DOY] CBL_initial_data.txt MU
Day of year [DOY]
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Ie_a1
¶
Description: Coefficient for automatic irrigation model [mm d-1 ]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MD
Coefficient for automatic irrigation model [mm d -1 ]
-
Ie_a2
¶
Description: Coefficient for automatic irrigation model [mm d-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MD
Coefficient for automatic irrigation model [mm d -1 K-1]
-
Ie_a3
¶
Description: Coefficient for automatic irrigation model [mm d-2 ]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MD
Coefficient for automatic irrigation model [mm d -2 ]
-
Ie_end
¶
Description: Day when irrigation ends [DOY]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Day when irrigation ends [DOY]
-
Ie_m1
¶
Description: Coefficient for manual irrigation model [mm d-1 ]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MD
Coefficient for manual irrigation model [mm d -1 ]
-
Ie_m2
¶
Description: Coefficient for manual irrigation model [mm d-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MD
Coefficient for manual irrigation model [mm d -1 K-1]
-
Ie_m3
¶
Description: Coefficient for manual irrigation model [mm d-2 ]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MD
Coefficient for manual irrigation model [mm d -2 ]
-
Ie_start
¶
Description: Day when irrigation starts [DOY]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Day when irrigation starts [DOY]
-
ih
¶
Description: Hour [H]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
Hour [H] Not used: set to 0 in this version.
-
imin
¶
Description: Minute [M]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
Minute [M] Not used: set to 0 in this version. SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
Minute [M] SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Minute [M]
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InfiltrationRate
¶
Description: Infiltration rate.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Soil.txt O
Not currently used
-
Internal_albedo
¶
Description: Albedo of all internal elements for building surfaces only
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Albedo of all internal elements for building surfaces only
-
Internal_CHbld
¶
Description: Bulk transfer coefficient of internal building elements [W m-2 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Bulk transfer coefficient of internal building elements [W m-2 K-1] (for building surfaces only and if IbldCHmod
== 0 in ESTMinput.nml
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Internal_CHroof
¶
Description: Bulk transfer coefficient of internal roof [W m-2 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Bulk transfer coefficient of internal roof [W m-2 K-1] (for building surfaces only and if IbldCHmod
== 0 in ESTMinput.nml
-
Internal_CHwall
¶
Description: Bulk transfer coefficient of internal wall [W m-2 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Bulk transfer coefficient of internal wall [W m-2 K-1] (for building surfaces only and if IbldCHmod
== 0 in ESTMinput.nml
-
Internal_emissivity
¶
Description: Emissivity of all internal elements for building surfaces only
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Emissivity of all internal elements for building surfaces only
-
Internal_k1
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the first layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Thermal conductivity of the first layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Internal_k2
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the second layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the second layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Internal_k3
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the third layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the third layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Internal_k4
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the fourth layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the fourth layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Internal_k5
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the fifth layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the fifth layer [W m-1 K-1]
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Internal_rhoCp1
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the first layer[J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Volumetric heat capacity of the first layer[J m-3 K-1]
-
Internal_rhoCp2
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the second layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the second layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Internal_rhoCp3
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the third layer[J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the third layer[J m-3 K-1]
-
Internal_rhoCp4
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the fourth layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the fourth layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Internal_rhoCp5
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the fifth layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the fifth layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Internal_thick1
¶
Description: Thickness of the first layer [m] for building surfaces only
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Thickness of the first layer [m] for building surfaces only; set to -999 for all other surfaces
-
Internal_thick2
¶
Description: Thickness of the second layer [m]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the second layer [m] (if no second layer, set to -999.)
-
Internal_thick3
¶
Description: Thickness of the third layer [m]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the third layer [m] (if no third layer, set to -999.)
-
Internal_thick4
¶
Description: Thickness of the fourth layer [m]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the fourth layer [m] (if no fourth layer, set to -999.)
-
Internal_thick5
¶
Description: Thickness of the fifth layer [m]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the fifth layer [m] (if no fifth layer, set to -999.)
-
InternalWaterUse
¶
Description: Internal water use [mm h-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Irrigation.txt MU
Internal water use [mm h-1]
-
IrrFr_DecTr
¶
Description: Fraction of deciduous trees that are irrigated [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Fraction of deciduous trees that are irrigated [-]
-
IrrFr_EveTr
¶
Description: Fraction of evergreen trees that are irrigated [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Fraction of evergreen trees that are irrigated [-] e.g. 50% of the evergreen trees/shrubs are irrigated
-
IrrFr_Grass
¶
Description: Fraction of
Grass
that is irrigated [-]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Fraction of grass that is irrigated [-]
-
IrrigationCode
¶
Description: Code for modelling irrigation linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Irrigation.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for modelling irrigation Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Irrigation.txt, which contains the model coefficients for estimation of the water use (used if WU_Choice = 0 in RunControl.nml ). Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Irrigation.txt.
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it
¶
Description: Hour [H]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
Hour [H] SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Hour [H]
-
iy
¶
Description: Year [YYYY]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
Year [YYYY] SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Year [YYYY]
-
kdiff
¶
Description: Diffuse radiation [W m-2].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Recommended if SOLWEIGUse = 1
-
kdir
¶
Description: Direct radiation [W m-2].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Recommended if SOLWEIGUse = 1
-
kdown
¶
Description: Incoming shortwave radiation [W m-2].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Must be > 0 W m-2 .
-
Kmax
¶
Description: Maximum incoming shortwave radiation [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Maximum incoming shortwave radiation [W m-2]
-
lai
¶
Description: Observed leaf area index [m-2 m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Observed leaf area index [m-2 m-2]
-
LAIEq
¶
Description: LAI calculation choice.
Note
North and South hemispheres are treated slightly differently.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Coefficients are specified in the following parameters:
LeafGrowthPower1
,LeafGrowthPower2
,LeafOffPower1
andLeafOffPower2
.Options
- 0 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
- 1 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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LAIMax
¶
Description: full leaf-on summertime value
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
full leaf-on summertime value Example values: - 5.1 EveTr Breuer et al. (2003) [Br03] - 5.5 DecTr Breuer et al. (2003) [Br03] - 5.9 Grass Breuer et al. (2003) [Br03]
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LAIMin
¶
Description: leaf-off wintertime value
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
leaf-off wintertime value Example values: - 4. EveTr Järvi et al. (2011) [J11] - 1. DecTr Järvi et al. (2011) [J11] - 1.6 Grass Grimmond and Oke (1991) [G91]
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lat
¶
Description: Latitude [deg].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Use coordinate system WGS84. Positive values are northern hemisphere (negative southern hemisphere). Used in radiation calculations. Note, if the total modelled area is small the latitude and longitude could be the same for each grid but small differences in radiation will not be determined. If you are defining the latitude and longitude differently between grids make certain that you provide enough decimal places.
-
ldown
¶
Description: Incoming longwave radiation [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Incoming longwave radiation [W m-2]
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LeafGrowthPower1
¶
Description: a parameter required by LAI calculation in
LAIEq
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Example values
LAIEq
= 0: 0.03 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]LAIEq
= 1: 0.04 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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LeafGrowthPower2
¶
Description: a parameter required by LAI calculation [K-1] in
LAIEq
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Example values
LAIEq
= 0: 0.0005 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]LAIEq
= 1: 0.001 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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LeafOffPower1
¶
Description: a parameter required by LAI calculation [K-1] in
LAIEq
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Example values
LAIEq
= 0: 0.03 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]LAIEq
= 1: -1.5 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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LeafOffPower2
¶
Description: a parameter required by LAI calculation [K-1] in
LAIEq
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Example values
LAIEq
= 0: 0.0005 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]LAIEq
= 1: 0.0015 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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lng
¶
Description: longitude [deg]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Use coordinate system WGS84. For compatibility with GIS, negative values are to the west, positive values are to the east (e.g. Vancouver = -123.12; Shanghai = 121.47) Note this is a change of sign convention between v2016a and v2017a See latitude for more details.
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LUMPS_Cover
¶
Description: Limit when surface totally covered with water for LUMPS [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
Limit when surface totally covered with water [mm] Used for LUMPS surface wetness control. Default recommended value of 1 mm from Loridan et al. (2011) [L2011] .
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LUMPS_DrRate
¶
Description: Drainage rate of bucket for LUMPS [mm h-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
Drainage rate of bucket for LUMPS [mm h-1] Used for LUMPS surface wetness control. Default recommended value of 0.25 mm h-1 from Loridan et al. (2011) [L2011] .
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LUMPS_MaxRes
¶
Description: Maximum water bucket reservoir [mm] Used for LUMPS surface wetness control.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
Maximum water bucket reservoir [mm] Used for LUMPS surface wetness control. Default recommended value of 10 mm from Loridan et al. (2011) [L2011] .
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MaxQFMetab
¶
Description: Maximum value for human heat emission. [W m-2]
Example values: 175 Sailor and Lu (2004) [SL04]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Maximum value for human heat emission. [W m-2]
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MaxFCMetab
¶
Description: Maximum (day) CO2 from human metabolism. [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Maximum (day) CO2 from human metabolism. [W m-2]
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MaxConductance
¶
Description: The maximum conductance of each vegetation or surface type. [mm s-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Example values [mm s-1]
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MinQFMetab
¶
Description: Minimum value for human heat emission. [W m-2]
Example values: 75 Sailor and Lu (2004) [SL04]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Minimum value for human heat emission. [W m-2].
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MinFCMetab
¶
Description: Minimum (night) CO2 from human metabolism. [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Minimum (night) CO2 from human metabolism. [W m-2]
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NARP_Trans
¶
Description: Atmospheric transmissivity for NARP [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
Atmospheric transmissivity for NARP [-] Value must in the range 0-1. Default recommended value of 1.
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nroom
¶
Description: Number of rooms per floor for building surfaces only [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Number of rooms per floor for building surfaces only
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OBS_SMCap
¶
Description: The maximum observed soil moisture. [m3 m-3 or kg kg-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Soil.txt O
Use only if soil moisture is observed and provided in the met forcing file and SMDMethod
= 1 or 2. Use of observed soil moisture not currently tested
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OBS_SMDepth
¶
Description: The depth of soil moisture measurements. [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Soil.txt O
Use only if soil moisture is observed and provided in the met forcing file and SMDMethod
= 1 or 2. Use of observed soil moisture not currently tested
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OBS_SoilNotRocks
¶
Description: Fraction of soil without rocks. [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Soil.txt O
Use only if soil moisture is observed and provided in the met forcing file and SMDMethod
= 1 or 2. Use of observed soil moisture not currently tested
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OHMCode_SummerDry
¶
Description: Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in summer, linking to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in summer. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Veg.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in summer. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Water.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in summer. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Snow.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in summer. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt.
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OHMCode_SummerWet
¶
Description: Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in summer, linking to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in summer. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Veg.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in summer. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Water.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in summer. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Snow.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in summer. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt.
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OHMCode_WinterDry
¶
Description: Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in winter, linking to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in winter. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Veg.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in winter. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Water.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in winter. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Snow.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during dry conditions in winter. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt.
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OHMCode_WinterWet
¶
Description: Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in winter, linking to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in winter. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Veg.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in winter. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Water.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in winter. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt. SUEWS_Snow.txt L
Code for OHM coefficients to use for this surface during wet conditions in winter. Links to SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_OHMCoefficients.txt.
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OHMThresh_SW
¶
Description: Temperature threshold determining whether summer/winter OHM coefficients are applied [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MD
Temperature threshold determining whether summer/winter OHM coefficients are applied [°C] If 5-day running mean air temperature is greater than or equal to this threshold, OHM coefficients for summertime are applied; otherwise coefficients for wintertime are applied. SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Temperature threshold determining whether summer/winter OHM coefficients are applied [°C] If 5-day running mean air temperature is greater than or equal to this threshold, OHM coefficients for summertime are applied; otherwise coefficients for wintertime are applied. SUEWS_Water.txt MD
Temperature threshold determining whether summer/winter OHM coefficients are applied [°C] If 5-day running mean air temperature is greater than or equal to this threshold, OHM coefficients for summertime are applied; otherwise coefficients for wintertime are applied. SUEWS_Snow.txt MD
Not actually used for Snow surface as winter wet conditions always assumed.
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OHMThresh_WD
¶
Description: Soil moisture threshold determining whether wet/dry OHM coefficients are applied [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MD
Not actually used for building and paved surfaces (as impervious). SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Note that OHM coefficients for wet conditions are applied if the surface is wet. SUEWS_Water.txt MD
Not actually used for water surface (as no soil surface beneath). SUEWS_Snow.txt MD
Not actually used for Snow surface as winter wet conditions always assumed.
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PipeCapacity
¶
Description: Storage capacity of pipes [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Storage capacity of pipes [mm] Runoff amounting to less than the value specified here is assumed to be removed by pipes.
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PopDensDay
¶
Description: Daytime population density (i.e. workers, tourists) [people ha-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Daytime population density (i.e. workers, tourists) [people ha -1 ] Population density is required if EmissionsMethod = 2 in RunControl.nml . The model will use the average of daytime and night-time population densities, unless only one is provided. If daytime population density is unknown, set to -999.
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PopDensNight
¶
Description: Night-time population density (i.e. residents) [people ha-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Night-time population density (i.e. residents) [people ha -1 ] Population density is required if EmissionsMethod = 2 in RunControl.nml . The model will use the average of daytime and night-time population densities, unless only one is provided. If night-time population density is unknown, set to -999.
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PopProfWD
¶
Description: Code for population density profile (weekdays) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
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PopProfWE
¶
Description: Code for population density profile (weekends) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
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PorosityMax
¶
Description: full leaf-on summertime value Used only for
DecTr
(can affect roughness calculation)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
full leaf-on summertime value Used only for DecTr (can affect roughness calculation)
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PorosityMin
¶
Description: leaf-off wintertime value Used only for
DecTr
(can affect roughness calculation)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
leaf-off wintertime value Used only for DecTr (can affect roughness calculation)
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PrecipLimAlb
¶
Description: Limit for hourly precipitation when the ground is fully covered with snow [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Snow.txt MD
Limit for hourly precipitation when the ground is fully covered with snow. Then snow albedo is reset to AlbedoMax [mm]
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PrecipLimSnow
¶
Description: Temperature limit when precipitation falls as snow [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Snow.txt MD
Auer (1974) [Au74]
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pres
¶
Description: Barometric pressure [kPa]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Barometric pressure [kPa]
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qe
¶
Description: Latent heat flux [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Latent heat flux [W m-2]
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qf
¶
Description: Anthropogenic heat flux [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Anthropogenic heat flux [W m-2]
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QF_A_WD
¶
Description: Base value for QF on weekdays [W m-2 (Cap ha-1 )-1 ]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with
EmissionsMethod
= 2Example values:
- 0.3081 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
- 0.1 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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QF_A_WE
¶
Description: Base value for QF on weekends [W m-2 (Cap ha-1 )-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with
EmissionsMethod
= 2Example values:
- 0.3081 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
- 0.1 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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QF_B_WD
¶
Description: Parameter related to cooling degree days on weekdays [W m-2 K-1 (Cap ha-1 )-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with
EmissionsMethod
= 2Example values:
- 0.0099 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
- 0.0099 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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QF_B_WE
¶
Description: Parameter related to cooling degree days on weekends [W m-2 K-1 (Cap ha-1 )-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with
EmissionsMethod
= 2Example values:
- 0.0099 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
- 0.0099 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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QF_C_WD
¶
Description: Parameter related to heating degree days on weekdays [W m-2 K-1 (Cap ha-1 )-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with
EmissionsMethod
= 2Example values:
- 0.0102 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
- 0.0102 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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QF_C_WE
¶
Description: Parameter related to heating degree days on weekends [W m-2 K-1 (Cap ha-1 )-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Example values:
- 0.0102 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11]
- 0.0102 Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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q+_gkg
¶
Description: specific humidity at the top of CBL [g kg-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment CBL_initial_data.txt MU
specific humidity at the top of CBL (g kg-1 )
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q_gkg
¶
Description: specific humidiy in CBL [g kg-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment CBL_initial_data.txt MU
specific humidiy in CBL (g kg-1 )
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qh
¶
Description: Sensible heat flux [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Sensible heat flux [W m-2]
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qn
¶
Description: Net all-wave radiation [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Required if NetRadiationMethod
= 1.
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qs
¶
Description: Storage heat flux [W m-2]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Storage heat flux [W m-2]
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RadMeltFactor
¶
Description: Hourly radiation melt factor of snow [mm W-1 h-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Snow.txt MU
Hourly radiation melt factor of snow [mm W-1 h-1]
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rain
¶
Description: Rainfall [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Rainfall [mm]
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RH
¶
Description: Relative Humidity [%]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Relative Humidity [%]
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RunoffToWater
¶
Description: Fraction of above-ground runoff flowing to water surface during flooding [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MD
MU
Fraction of above-ground runoff flowing to water surface during flooding [-] Value must be in the range 0-1. Fraction of above-ground runoff that can flow to the water surface in the case of flooding.
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S1
¶
Description: A parameter related to soil moisture dependence [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Related to soil moisture dependence [-] These will change in the future to ensure consistency with soil behaviour
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S2
¶
Description: A parameter related to soil moisture dependence [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Related to soil moisture dependence [mm] These will change in the future to ensure consistency with soil behaviour
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SatHydraulicCond
¶
Description: Hydraulic conductivity for saturated soil [mm s-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Soil.txt MD
Hydraulic conductivity for saturated soil [mm s-1]
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SDDFull
¶
Description: The sensesence degree days (SDD) needed to initiate leaf off. [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Veg.txt MU
This should be checked carefully for your study area using modelled LAI from the DailyState output file compared to known behaviour in the study area. See section 2.2 Järvi et al. (2011) [J11] ; Appendix A Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014] for more details.
Example values:
-
snow
¶
Description: Snowfall [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Required if SnowUse
= 1
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SnowClearingProfWD
¶
Description: Code for snow clearing profile (weekdays) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for snow clearing profile (weekdays) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. e.g. 1 means use the characteristics specified in the row of input file SUEWS_Profiles.txt which has 1 in column 1 (Code).
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SnowClearingProfWE
¶
Description: Code for snow clearing profile (weekends) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for snow clearing profile (weekends) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. e.g. 1 means use the characteristics specified in the row of input file SUEWS_Profiles.txt which has 1 in column 1 (Code). Providing the same code for SnowClearingProfWD
andSnowClearingProfWE
would link to the same row in SUEWS_Profiles.txt, i.e. the same profile would be used for weekdays and weekends.
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SnowCode
¶
Description: Code for snow surface characteristics linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Snow.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for snow surface characteristics Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Snow.txt, which contains the attributes describing snow surfaces in this grid for this year. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Snow.txt.
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SnowDensMax
¶
Description: Maximum snow density [kg m-3] Configuration:
-
SnowDensMin
¶
Description: Fresh snow density [kg m-3] Configuration:
-
SnowLimPatch
¶
Description: Limit for the snow water equivalent when snow cover starts to be patchy [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt O
Limit of snow water equivalent when the surface is fully covered with snow. Not needed if
SnowUse
= 0 in RunControl.nml .Example values:
- 190: Paved Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
- 190: Bldgs Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
- 190: BSoil Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
SUEWS_Veg.txt O
Limit of snow water equivalent when the surface is fully covered with snow. Not needed if
SnowUse
= 0 in RunControl.nml .Example values:
- 190: EveTr Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
- 190: DecTr Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
- 190: Grass Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
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SnowLimRemove
¶
Description: Limit of the snow water equivalent for snow removal from roads and roofs [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt O
Not needed if
SnowUse
= 0 in RunControl.nml . Not available in this version.Example values [mm]
- 40:
Paved
Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014] - 100:
Bldgs
Järvi et al. (2014) [Leena2014]
- 40:
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SoilDensity
¶
Description: Soil density [kg m-3]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Soil.txt MD
Soil density [kg m-3]
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SoilDepth
¶
Description: Depth of soil beneath the surface [mm]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Soil.txt MD
Depth of sub-surface soil store [mm] i.e. the depth of soil beneath the surface
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SoilStoreCap
¶
Description: Limit value for
SoilDepth
[mm]Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Soil.txt MD
SoilStoreCap must not be greater than SoilDepth.
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SoilTypeCode
¶
Description: Code for soil characteristics below this surface linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Soil.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt L
Code for soil characteristics below this surface Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Soil.txt, which contains the attributes describing sub-surface soil for this surface type. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Soil.txt. SUEWS_Veg.txt L
Code for soil characteristics below this surface Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Soil.txt, which contains the attributes describing sub-surface soil for this surface type. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Soil.txt.
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StartDLS
¶
Description: Start of the day light savings [DOY]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Start of the day light savings [DOY] See Day Light Savings (DLS).
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StateLimit
¶
Description: Upper limit to the surface state. [mm]
Currently only used for the water surface. Set to a large value (e.g. 20000 mm = 20 m) if the water body is substantial (lake, river, etc) or a small value (e.g. 10 mm) if water bodies are very shallow (e.g. fountains). WaterDepth (column 9) must not exceed this value.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MD
Currently only used for the water surface SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Currently only used for the water surface SUEWS_Water.txt MU
Surface state cannot exceed this value. Set to a large value (e.g. 20000 mm = 20 m) if the water body is substantial (lake, river, etc) or a small value (e.g. 10 mm) if water bodies are very shallow (e.g. fountains). WaterDepth (column 9) must not exceed this value.
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StorageMax
¶
Description: Maximum water storage capacity for upper surfaces (i.e. canopy)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MD
Maximum water storage capacity for upper surfaces (i.e. canopy) Min and max values are to account for seasonal variation (e.g. leaf-on/leaf-off differences for vegetated surfaces). Not currently used for non-vegetated surfaces - set the same as
StorageMin
.Example values:
SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Maximum water storage capacity for upper surfaces (i.e. canopy) Min/max values are to account for seasonal variation (e.g. leaf-off/leaf-on differences for vegetated surfaces) Only used for
DecTr
surfaces - setEveTr
andGrass
values the same asStorageMin
.Example values:
SUEWS_Water.txt MD
Maximum water storage capacity for upper surfaces (i.e. canopy) Min and max values are to account for seasonal variation - not used for water surfaces so set same as StorageMin
.
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StorageMin
¶
Description: Minimum water storage capacity for upper surfaces (i.e. canopy).
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MD
Minimum water storage capacity for upper surfaces (i.e. canopy). Min/max values are to account for seasonal variation (e.g. leaf-on/leaf-off differences for vegetated surfaces). Not currently used for non-vegetated surfaces - set the same as
StorageMax
.Example values:
SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Minimum water storage capacity for upper surfaces (i.e. canopy). Min/max values are to account for seasonal variation (e.g. leaf-off/leaf-on differences for vegetated surfaces).
Example values:
SUEWS_Water.txt MD
Minimum water storage capacity for upper surfaces (i.e. canopy). Min/max values are to account for seasonal variation - not used for water surfaces.
Example values:
-0.5
Water
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SurfaceArea
¶
Description: Area of the grid [ha].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Area of the grid [ha].
-
Surf_k1
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the first layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Thermal conductivity of the first layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Surf_k2
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the second layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the second layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Surf_k3
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the third layer[W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the third layer[W m-1 K-1]
-
Surf_k4
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the fourth layer[W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the fourth layer[W m-1 K-1]
-
Surf_k5
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the fifth layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the fifth layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Surf_rhoCp1
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the first layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Volumetric heat capacity of the first layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Surf_rhoCp2
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the second layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the second layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Surf_rhoCp3
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the third layer[J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the third layer[J m-3 K-1]
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Surf_rhoCp4
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the fourth layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the fourth layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Surf_rhoCp5
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the fifth layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the fifth layer [J m-3 K-1]
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Surf_thick1
¶
Description: Thickness of the first layer [m] for roofs (building surfaces) and ground (all other surfaces)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Thickness of the first layer [m] for roofs (building surfaces) and ground (all other surfaces)
-
Surf_thick2
¶
Description: Thickness of the second layer [m] (if no second layer, set to -999.)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the second layer [m] (if no second layer, set to -999.)
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Surf_thick3
¶
Description: Thickness of the third layer [m] (if no third layer, set to -999.)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the third layer [m] (if no third layer, set to -999.)
-
Surf_thick4
¶
Description: Thickness of the fourth layer [m] (if no fourth layer, set to -999.)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the fourth layer [m] (if no fourth layer, set to -999.)
-
Surf_thick5
¶
Description: Thickness of the fifth layer [m] (if no fifth layer, set to -999.)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the fifth layer [m] (if no fifth layer, set to -999.)
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Tair
¶
Description: Air temperature [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Air temperature [°C]
-
tau_a
¶
Description: Time constant for snow albedo aging in cold snow [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Snow.txt MD
Time constant for snow albedo aging in cold snow [-]
-
tau_f
¶
Description: Time constant for snow albedo aging in melting snow [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Snow.txt MD
Time constant for snow albedo aging in melting snow [-]
-
tau_r
¶
Description: Time constant for snow density ageing [-]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Snow.txt MD
Time constant for snow density ageing [-]
-
TCritic_Heating_WD
¶
Description: Critical heating temperature on weekdays [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
-
TCritic_Heating_WE
¶
Description: Critical heating temperature on weekends [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
-
TCritic_Cooling_WD
¶
Description: Critical cooling temperature on weekdays [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
-
TCritic_Cooling_WE
¶
Description: Critical cooling temperature on weekends [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt MU
O
Use with EmissionsMethod
= 1
-
TempMeltFactor
¶
Description: Hourly temperature melt factor of snow [mm K-1 h-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Snow.txt MU
Hourly temperature melt factor of snow [mm K-1 h-1] (In previous model version, this parameter was 0.12)
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TH
¶
Description: Upper air temperature limit [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Upper air temperature limit [°C]
-
Theta+_K
¶
Description: potential temperature at the top of CBL [K]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment CBL_initial_data.txt MU
potential temperature at the top of CBL (K)
-
Theta_K
¶
Description: potential temperature in CBL [K]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment CBL_initial_data.txt MU
potential temperature in CBL (K)
-
Tiair
¶
Description: Indoor air temperature [˚C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
Indoor air temperature [˚C]
-
Timezone
¶
Description: Time zone [h] for site relative to UTC (east is positive). This should be set according to the times given in the meteorological forcing file(s).
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Time zone [h] for site relative to UTC (east is positive). This should be set according to the times given in the meteorological forcing file(s).
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TL
¶
Description: Lower air temperature limit [°C]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Conductance.txt MD
Lower air temperature limit [°C]
-
ToBldgs
¶
Description: Fraction of water going to
Bldgs
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt MU
Fraction of water going to Bldgs
-
ToBSoil
¶
Description: Fraction of water going to
BSoil
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt MU
Fraction of water going to BSoil
-
ToDecTr
¶
Description: Fraction of water going to
DecTr
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt MU
Fraction of water going to DecTr
-
ToEveTr
¶
Description: Fraction of water going to
EveTr
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt MU
Fraction of water going to EveTr
-
ToGrass
¶
Description: Fraction of water going to
Grass
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt MU
Fraction of water going to Grass
-
ToPaved
¶
Description: Fraction of water going to
Paved
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt MU
Fraction of water going to Paved
-
ToRunoff
¶
Description: Fraction of water going to
Runoff
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt MU
Fraction of water going to Runoff
-
ToSoilStore
¶
Description: Fraction of water going to
SoilStore
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt MU
Fraction of water going to SoilStore
-
ToWater
¶
Description: Fraction of water going to
Water
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt MU
Fraction of water going to Water
-
TraffProfWD
¶
Description: Code for traffic activity profile (weekdays) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Not used in v2018a.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
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TraffProfWE
¶
Description: Code for traffic activity profile (weekends) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Not used in v2018a.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
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TrafficUnits
¶
Description: Units for the traffic rate for the study area. Not used in v2018a.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_AnthropogenicEmission.txt O
Weekday building energy use [W m-2] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
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TrafficRate_WD
¶
Description: Weekday traffic rate [veh km m-2 s-1] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation - not used in v2018a.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Weekday traffic rate [veh km m-2 s-1] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
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TrafficRate_WE
¶
Description: Weekend traffic rate [veh km m-2 s-1] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation - not used in v2018a.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Weekend traffic rate [veh km m-2 s-1] Can be used for CO2 flux calculation.
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Troad
¶
Description: Ground surface temperature [˚C] (used when
TsurfChoice
= 1 or 2)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
Ground surface temperature [˚C] (used when TsurfChoice
= 1 or 2)
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Troof
¶
Description: Roof surface temperature [˚C] (used when
TsurfChoice
= 1 or 2)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
Roof surface temperature [˚C] (used when TsurfChoice
= 1 or 2)
-
Tsurf
¶
Description: Bulk surface temperature [˚C] (used when
TsurfChoice
= 0)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
Bulk surface temperature [˚C] (used when TsurfCoice = 0)
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Twall
¶
Description: Wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when
TsurfChoice
= 1)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
Wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when TsurfChoice
= 1)
-
Twall_e
¶
Description: East-facing wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when
TsurfChoice
= 2)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
East-facing wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when TsurfChoice
= 2)
-
Twall_n
¶
Description: North-facing wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when
TsurfChoice
= 2)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
North-facing wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when TsurfChoice
= 2)
-
Twall_s
¶
Description: South-facing wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when
TsurfChoice
= 2)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
South-facing wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when TsurfChoice
= 2)
-
Twall_w
¶
Description: West-facing wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when
TsurfChoice
= 2)Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_ESTM_Ts_data_tt.txt MU
West-facing wall surface temperature [˚C] (used when TsurfChoice
= 2)
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U
¶
Description: Wind speed. [m s-1. ]Height of the wind speed measurement (
z
) is needed in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt .Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt MU
Height of the wind speed measurement (z) is needed in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt.
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Wall_k1
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the first layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Thermal conductivity of the first layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Wall_k2
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the second layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the second layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Wall_k3
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the third layer [W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the third layer [W m-1 K-1]
-
Wall_k4
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the fourth layer[W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the fourth layer[W m-1 K-1]
-
Wall_k5
¶
Description: Thermal conductivity of the fifth layer[W m-1 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thermal conductivity of the fifth layer[W m-1 K-1]
-
Wall_rhoCp1
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the first layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Volumetric heat capacity of the first layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Wall_rhoCp2
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the second layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the second layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Wall_rhoCp3
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the third layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the third layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Wall_rhoCp4
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the fourth layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the fourth layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Wall_rhoCp5
¶
Description: Volumetric heat capacity of the fifth layer [J m-3 K-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Volumetric heat capacity of the fifth layer [J m-3 K-1]
-
Wall_thick1
¶
Description: Thickness of the first layer [m] for building surfaces only; set to -999 for all other surfaces
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt MU
Thickness of the first layer [m] for building surfaces only; set to -999 for all other surfaces
-
Wall_thick2
¶
Description: Thickness of the second layer [m] (if no second layer, set to -999.)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the second layer [m] (if no second layer, set to -999.)
-
Wall_thick3
¶
Description: Thickness of the third layer [m] (if no third layer, set to -999.)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the third layer [m] (if no third layer, set to -999.)
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Wall_thick4
¶
Description: Thickness of the fourth layer [m] (if no fourth layer, set to -999.)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the fourth layer [m] (if no fourth layer, set to -999.)
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Wall_thick5
¶
Description: Thickness of the fifth layer [m] (if no fifth layer, set to -999.)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_ESTMCoefficients.txt O
Thickness of the fifth layer [m] (if no fifth layer, set to -999.)
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WaterDepth
¶
Description: Water depth [mm].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_Water.txt MU
Set to a large value (e.g. 20000 mm = 20 m) if the water body is substantial (lake, river, etc) or a small value (e.g. 10 mm) if water bodies are very shallow (e.g. fountains). This value must not exceed StateLimit (column 8).
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WaterUseProfAutoWD
¶
Description: Code for water use profile (automatic irrigation, weekdays) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified inCode
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for water use profile (automatic irrigation, weekdays) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.
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WaterUseProfAutoWE
¶
Description: Code for water use profile (automatic irrigation, weekends) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified inCode
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for water use profile (automatic irrigation, weekends) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.
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WaterUseProfManuWD
¶
Description: Code for water use profile (manual irrigation, weekdays) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for water use profile (manual irrigation, weekdays) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.
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WaterUseProfManuWE
¶
Description: Code for water use profile (manual irrigation, weekends) linking to
Code
of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code for water use profile (manual irrigation, weekends) Provides the link to column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_Profiles.txt.
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wdir
¶
Description: Wind direction [deg].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Not available in this version.
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WetThreshold
¶
Description: Depth of water which determines whether evaporation occurs from a partially wet or completely wet surface [mm].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_NonVeg.txt MD
Depth of water which determines whether evaporation occurs from a partially wet or completely wet surface.
Example values:
- 0.6 Paved
- 0.6 Bldgs
- BSoil
SUEWS_Veg.txt MD
Depth of water which determines whether evaporation occurs from a partially wet or completely wet surface.
Example values:
- 1.8 EveTr
- DecTr
- Grass
SUEWS_Water.txt MD
Depth of water which determines whether evaporation occurs from a partially wet or completely wet surface.
Example values:
- 0.5 Water
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WithinGridBldgsCode
¶
Description: Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from
Bldgs
surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txtConfiguration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from Bldgs surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.
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WithinGridBSoilCode
¶
Description: Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from
BSoil
surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from BSoil surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.
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WithinGridDecTrCode
¶
Description: Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from
DecTr
surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from DecTr surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.
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WithinGridEveTrCode
¶
Description: Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from
EveTr
surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from EveTr surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.
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WithinGridGrassCode
¶
Description: Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from
Grass
surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from Grass surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.
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WithinGridPavedCode
¶
Description: Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from
Paved
surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from Paved surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt . Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.
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WithinGridWaterCode
¶
Description: Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from Water surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt L
Code that links to the fraction of water that flows from Water surfaces to surfaces in columns 2-10 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt. Value of integer is arbitrary but must match code specified in column 1 of SUEWS_WithinGridWaterDist.txt.
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Wuh
¶
Description: External water use [m3]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
External water use [ m3]
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xsmd
¶
Description: Observed soil moisture [m3 m-3 or kg kg-1]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SSss_YYYY_data_tt.txt O
Observed soil moisture [ m3 m-3 or kg kg-1]
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Year
¶
Description: Year [YYYY]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
Year [YYYY] Years must be continuous. If running multiple years, ensure the rows in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt are arranged so that all grids for a particular year appear on consecutive lines (rather than grouping all years together for a particular grid).
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z
¶
Description: Measurement height [m].
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt MU
z must be greater than the displacement height. Forcing data should be representative of the local-scale, i.e. above the height of the roughness elements.
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z0
¶
Description: Roughness length for momentum [m]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Value supplied here is used if RoughLenMomMethod
= 1 in RunControl.nml ; otherwise set to ‘-999’ and a value will be calculated by the model (RoughLenMomMethod
= 2, 3).
-
zd
¶
Description: Zero-plane displacement [m]
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt O
Value supplied here is used if RoughLenMomMethod = 1 in RunControl.nml ; otherwise set to ‘-999’ and a value will be calculated by the model (RoughLenMomMethod = 2, 3).
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zi0
¶
Description: initial convective boundary layer height (m)
Configuration: Referencing Table Requirement Comment CBL_initial_data.txt MU
initial convective boundary layer height [m]