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Grass Material - [source code]

Create a soil-backed grass surface material for the urbanMicroclimateFoam terrain heat, radiation, and evapotranspiration model. OutdoorPlus

Input

Name Nickname Description Type
Density Soil substrate density [kg/m³]. Number
Heat Capacity HeatCap Soil substrate specific heat capacity [J/(kg·K)]. Number
Dry Conductivity Lambda1 Soil substrate dry thermal conductivity [W/(m·K)]. Number
Moisture Conductivity Lambda2 Moisture-dependent conductivity coefficient. Number
Drag Coefficient Cd Grass drag coefficient. Number
Leaf Area Index LAI Grass leaf area index. Number
Leaf Area Density LAD Grass leaf area density [1/m]. Number
Evaporation Sides EvapSides Number of evaporating leaf sides (1 or 2). Integer
Shortwave Extinction Beta Shortwave extinction coefficient. Number
Longwave Exchange BetaLW Longwave exchange coefficient. Number
Soil Albedo Albedo Shortwave albedo of the soil below the grass (0–1). Number
Surface Resistance Resistance Grass surface resistance to evapotranspiration [s/m]. Number

Output

Name Nickname Description Type
Grass Material Material Soil substrate and simpleGrass settings for the Terrain Region Surface Material input. Generic Data