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3.2.15. Typical Values#
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3.2.15.1. Generic Properties#
Property |
General Type |
Value |
Description |
Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Albedo |
Non Vegetated |
0.09 |
Paved Helsinki |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
Non Vegetated |
0.15 |
Buildings Helsinki |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
Non Vegetated |
0.19 |
Bare Soil, Helsinki |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
Non Vegetated |
0.12 |
Paved |
Oke [2002] |
|
Non Vegetated |
0.15 |
Buildings |
Oke [2002] |
|
Non Vegetated |
0.21 |
Bare Soil |
Oke [2002] |
|
Emissivity |
Non Vegetated |
0.95 |
Paved |
Oke [2002] |
Non Vegetated |
0.91 |
Buildings |
Oke [2002] |
|
Non Vegetated |
0.93 |
Bare Soil |
Oke [2002] |
|
Surface Water storage capacity |
Non Vegetated |
0.48 |
Paved |
Davies and Hollis [1981] |
Non Vegetated |
0.25 |
Buildings |
Falk and Niemczynowicz [1978] |
|
Albedo |
Vegetation |
0.1 |
EveTr |
|
Vegetation |
0.12 |
DecTr |
||
Vegetation |
0.18 |
Grass |
||
Vegetated |
0.1 |
EveTr Helsinki |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
Vegetated |
0.16 |
DecTr Helsinki |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
Vegetated |
0.19 |
Grass Helsinki |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
Vegetated |
0.1 |
EveTr |
Oke [2002] |
|
Vegetated |
0.18 |
DecTr |
Oke [2002] |
|
Vegetated |
0.21 |
Grass |
Oke [2002] |
|
Emissivity |
Vegetated |
0.98 |
EveTr |
Oke [2002] |
Vegetated |
0.98 |
DecTr |
Oke [2002] |
|
Vegetated |
0.93 |
Grass |
Oke [2002] |
|
water Storage Minimum capacity (mm) |
Vegetated |
1.3 |
EveTr |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
Vegetated |
0.3 |
DecTr |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
|
Vegetated |
1.9 |
Grass |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
|
Maximum water storage capacity of this surface [mm] |
Vegetated |
1.3 |
EveTr |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
Vegetated |
0.8 |
DecTr |
Grimmond and Oke (1991) |
|
Vegetated |
1.9 |
Grass |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
|
Albedo Max (leaf on) |
Vegetated |
0.12 |
DecTr |
|
Vegetated |
0.18 |
Grass |
||
Vegetated |
0.1 |
EveTr Helsinki |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
Vegetated |
0.16 |
DecTr Helsinki |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
Vegetated |
0.19 |
Grass Helsinki |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
Vegetated |
0.1 |
EveTr |
Oke [2002] |
|
Vegetated |
0.18 |
DecTr |
Oke [2002] |
|
Vegetated |
0.21 |
Grass |
Oke [2002] |
|
Emissivity *View factors should be taken into account |
Vegetated |
0.98 |
EveTr |
Oke [2002] |
Emissivity *View factors should be taken into account |
Vegetated |
0.98 |
DecTr |
Oke [2002] |
Emissivity *View factors should be taken into account |
Vegetated |
0.93 |
Grass |
Oke [2002] |
Minimum water storage capacity of this surface [mm]
|
Vegetated |
1.3 |
EveTr |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
Vegetated |
0.3 |
DecTr |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
|
Vegetated |
1.9 |
Grass |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
|
Vegetated |
1.3 |
EveTr |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
|
Vegetated |
0.8 |
DecTr |
Grimmond and Oke (1991) |
|
Vegetated |
1.9 |
Grass |
Breuer et al. [2003] |
|
AlbedoMin |
Water |
0.1 |
Water |
Oke [2002] |
AlbedoMax |
Water |
0.1 |
Water |
Oke [2002] |
Emissivity |
Water |
0.95 |
Water |
Oke [2002] |
Minimum water storage capacity of this surface [mm] |
Water |
0.5 |
Water |
|
Maximum water storage capacity for upper surfaces (i.e. canopy) |
Water |
0.5 |
Water |
|
WetThreshold |
water |
0.5 |
Water |
|
StateLimit
|
Water |
20000 |
Water |
|
RadMeltFactor |
Snow |
0.0016 |
Hourly radiation melt factor of snow [mm W-1 h-1] |
|
TempMeltFactor |
Snow |
0.12 |
Hourly temperature melt factor of snow [mm °C -1 h-1] |
|
AlbedoMin |
Snow |
0-1 |
Minimum snow albedo [-] - 0.18 |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
AlbedoMax * Maximum snow albedo (fresh snow) [-] |
Snow |
0.85 |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
Emissivity * Effective surface emissivity. * View factors should be taken into account |
Snow |
0.99 |
Snow |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
tau_a * Time constant for snow albedo aging in cold snow [-] |
Snow |
0.018 |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
tau_f *Time constant for snow albedo aging in melting snow [-] |
Snow |
0.11 |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
PrecipiLimAlb |
Snow |
2 |
Limit for hourly precipitation when the ground is fully covered with snow. Then snow albedo is reset to AlbedoMax [mm] |
|
snowDensMin |
Snow |
100 |
Fresh snow density [kg m-3] |
|
snowDensMax |
Snow |
400 |
Maximum snow density [kg m-3] |
|
tau_r *Time constant for snow density ageing [-] |
Snow |
0.043 |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
CRWMin *Minimum water holding capacity of snow [mm] |
Snow |
0.05 |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
CRWMax *Maximum water holding capacity of snow [mm] |
Snow |
0.2 |
Järvi et al. [2014] |
|
PrecipLimSnow |
Snow |
2.2 |
Temperature limit when precipitation falls as snow [°C] |
Auer [1974] |
SoilDepth |
Snow |
350 |
Depth of sub-surface soil store [mm] *depth of soil beneath the surface |
|
SoilStoreCap |
Soil |
150 |
Capacity of sub-surface soil store [mm] |
|
how much water can be stored in the sub-surface soil when at maximum capacity. |
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(SoilStoreCap must not be greater than SoilDepth.) |
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SatHydraulicCond |
Soil |
0.0005 |
Hydraulic conductivity for saturated soil [mm s-1] |
|
SoilDensity |
Soil |
1.16 |
Soil density [kg m-3] |
|
InfiltrationRate |
Soil |
Infiltration rate [mm h-1] |
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OBS_SMDepth |
Soil |
Depth of soil moisture measurements [mm] |
||
OBS_SMCap |
Soil |
Maxiumum observed soil moisture [m3 m-3 or kg kg-1] |
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OBS_SoilNotRocks |
Soil |
Fraction of soil without rocks [-] |