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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 |