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4.2.10. SUEWS_Soil.txt¶
SUEWS_Soil.txt specifies the characteristics of the sub-surface soil below each of the non-water surface types (Paved, Bldgs, EveTr, DecTr, Grass, BSoil). The model does not have a soil store below the water surfaces. Note that these sub-surface soil stores are different to the bare soil/unmamnaged surface cover type. Each of the non-water surface types need to link to soil characteristics specified here. If the soil characteristics are assumed to be the same for all surface types, use a single code value to link the characteristics here with the SoilTypeCode columns in SUEWS_NonVeg.txt and SUEWS_Veg.txt.
Soil moisture can either be provided using observational data in the met
forcing file (SMDMethod = 1 or 2 in
RunControl.nml) and providing some metadata information here (OBS columns),
or modelled by SUEWS (SMDMethod = 0 in RunControl.nml).
Caution
The option to use observational data is not operational in the current release!
| No. | Column Name | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Code |
L |
Code linking to a corresponding look-up table. |
| 2 | SoilDepth |
MD |
Depth of soil beneath the surface [mm] |
| 3 | SoilStoreCap |
MD |
Limit value for SoilDepth [mm] |
| 4 | SatHydraulicCond |
MD |
Hydraulic conductivity for saturated soil [mm s-1] |
| 5 | SoilDensity |
MD |
Soil density [kg m-3] |
| 6 | InfiltrationRate |
O |
Infiltration rate. |
| 7 | OBS_SMDepth |
O |
The depth of soil moisture measurements. [mm] |
| 8 | OBS_SMCap |
O |
The maximum observed soil moisture. [m3 m-3 or kg kg-1] |
| 9 | OBS_SoilNotRocks |
O |
Fraction of soil without rocks. [-] |
An example SUEWS_Soil.txt can be found below:
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Code SoilDepth SoilStoreCap SatHydraulicCond SoilDensity InfiltrationRate OBS_SMDepth OBS_SMCap OBS_SoilNotRocks
551 350 150 5.00E-04 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 ! Swindon (below Paved) Ward et al. (2013)
552 350 150 5.00E-04 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 ! Swindon (below Built) Ward et al. (2013)
553 350 150 5.00E-04 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 ! Swindon (below others) Ward et al. (2013)
661 350 150 5.00E-04 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 ! London
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