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12. Abbreviations

BElow follows a table with abbreciations and accronyms found in the manual. To help you find further information about the acronyms they are classified by Type: Type of term: C: computer term, S: science term, G: GIS term, O: Organisation/Research Institute.

Abbreviation

Definition

Type

Reference/Comments

CDSM

Canopy Digital Surface Model

G

A vegetation raster grid where vegetation heights is given in meter above ground level. Pixels with no vegetation should be zero.

CRS

Coordinate Reference System

G

See here for overview.

CRU

Climatic Research Unit

S

DEM

Digtial Elevation Model

G

A raster grid including only ground heights given in meter above sea level. Here, same definition as DTM (Digital Terrain Model).

DSM

Digital Surface Model

G

A raster grid including both buildings and ground given in meter above sea level.

ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

O

Link to website

ERA5

The fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate

S

FAI

Frontal area index (λF)

S

Area of the front face of a roughness element exposed to the wind relative to the plan area.

GIS

Geographical Information System

C

GUI

Graphical User Interface

C

LAI

Leadf Area Index

S

LCZ

Local Climate Zone

S

Connected to the WUDAPT-project

LST

Local Standard Time

S

LTR

Long term release

G/S

LUCY

Large scale Urban Consumption of energy model

S

The original model used in LQf

m agl

metres above ground level

G/S

m asl

metres above sea level

G/S

OTF

On the Fly (projection)

G

Used in QGIS when different geodatasets with different coordinate systems are projected in the same, automatically.

PAI

Plan area index (λP)

S

Area of the roughness elements relative to the total plan area.

png

Portable Network Graphics

G

format for saving plots/figures

QF

Anthropogenic heat flux

S

QGIS

A Free and Open Source Geographic Information System

G

www.qgis.org

SEBE

Solar Energy on Building Envelopes

S

Link to manual

SOLWEIG

Solar and longwave environmental irradiance geometry model

S

Link to manual

SUEWS

Surface urban energy and water balance scheme

S

Link to manual

SVF

Sky View Factor

S

The ratio of the radiation received (or emitted) by a planar surface to the radiation emitted (or received) by the entire hemispheric environment

TDSM

Trunk zone Digital Surface Model

G

A raster grid specifying the height up to the buttom of a vegetation canopy in meter above ground level. Pixels with no trunk height should be zero.

tif

Tagged Image File Format

C

format for saving plots/figures

UMEP

Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor

G/S

WATCH

Integrated Project Water and Global Change

S

Link to website

WFDEI

WATCH Forcing Data methodology applied to ERA-Interim data

S

WDF

WATCH Forcing Data methodology applied to ERA-40 data

S

WUDAPT

The World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools

S

Link to website

z0

Roughness length for momentum

S

zd

Zero plane displacement length for momentum

S