10. GlossaryΒΆ

AmeriFlux

The AmeriFlux network is a community of sites and scientists measuring ecosystem carbon, water, and energy fluxes across the Americas, and committed to producing and sharing high quality eddy covariance data.

EC

Eddy Covariance - a technique to measure turbulent heat, mass (e.g. water, \(CO_2\)) and momentum fluxes.

ERA5

Reanalysis data

Fetch

Area influencing a sensor. For EC the area is upwind of the sensor.

Fortran

A computer programming language

Jupyter Notebook

A tool to help organize a project with progamming involved. An introduction is given here Jupyter Notebooks: setting up your research-oriented coding environment

LAI

Leaf Area Index

Obukhov Length (\(L\))

A parameter with dimension of length that gives a relation between parameters characterizing dynamic, thermal, and buoyant processes. More detailed explanation refers to AMS wiki.

OHM

Objective Hysteresis Model. Example coeffcients are given here

Python

A computer programming language

SEB

Surface energy balance. An urban definition

SUEWS

Surface [Urban] Energy and Water Balance Scheme Manual

SuPy

SUEWS that speaks Python Manual

UMEP

Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor Manual

Tip

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