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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 |
|
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 |
|
SEBE |
Solar Energy on Building Envelopes |
S |
|
SOLWEIG |
Solar and longwave environmental irradiance geometry model |
S |
|
SUEWS |
Surface urban energy and water balance scheme |
S |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
z0 |
Roughness length for momentum |
S |
|
zd |
Zero plane displacement length for momentum |
S |