Terms Table

type of function	base	modi
general	dominating property generated in output (e.g., def.dspk)	methodological specifiers from least to most variation (e.g., def.dspk.filt.med)
quantity-specific	output quantity (e.g. def.dens)	output specifiers followed by (i) input specifiers and (ii) methodological specifiers from least to most variation (e.g., def.dens.pres.pois.R)

#Terms Table

code | description | Units | Comment | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | | 00 … 9999 | Numerical identifiers | | | abl | atmospheric boundary layer | |

|abs | Absolute (value) | | |acc | Acceleration m s-2 | | |agl | Above ground level | | |agr | Aggregate | For use such as in aggregating from hourly to daily timescale | |air | air | For example to distinguish air temperature tempAir from sonic temperature tempSoni | |airc | Aircraft | | |alb | Albedo | | |alg | Algorithm | For use such as in algorithm name NameAlg | |all | All | | |alt | Alternative | | |amf | AmeriFlux | | |anls | analysis | | |ang | angle / angular | | |api | Application program interface | | |arch | Archive | | |asl | Above sea level | | |asrp | absorptance | | |atm | atmosphere | Also a unit of measurement | |atto | atto | a = 1·10-18 Unit prefix | |attr | attribute(s) | | |aux | Auxiliary | | |auto | Auto, automatic, automation | For use such as auto-correlation. SEE: cros | |avel | Angular velocity | rad s-1 | |az | Azimuth angle | |bad | bad | Not acceptable/bad | |bar | bar | Unit of measurement | |baro | barometric | For use such as barometric pressure | |base | base | | |Basc| Basic | For use in basic vs. expanded data package | |bgn | begin | For use such as in the beginning of a stretch of time, space SEE: strt USE: bgn | |bias | statistical measure of location such as differences of mean, median, mode | for use such as in descriptive statistics: bias, precision, root-mean-square deviation…; not equal to ofst, which is used in regression analysis | |bin | Binning method | | |bld | build | For use such as in Git or Docker builds. In case of Docker used to distinguish from an image resulting from commits | |blk | black | The color black | | |body | body | For use such as in body coordinate system | |bou | Boundary layer | | |br86 | Brock (1986) | reference to a specific de-spiking algorithm | |brk | break | As in, e.g., break point | |btw | between | | |cal | Calibration | | |calc | Calculation | For example, time that a process/calculation starts TimeCalc | |cart | Cartesian coordinate representation | For example, unit circle representation of a polar angle (see pol) | |ccat | Concatenate | | |cell | Cell | For use such as in grid cell | |cels | Celsius degree C | Unit of measurement | |cfgr | configure/configuration | | |char | Character | Data type | |clas | Class | | |clst | Closest | The closest value or nearest neighboring value. | |cmbd | combined, combination | | |cnpy | Canopy | | |cnst | Constant | | |cnti | centi | c = 1·10-2 Unit prefix | |co2 | Carbon dioxide | | |coef | Coefficient | for use such as in regression; standard use for n-order polynomials: coef00 (offset), coef01 (first power), …, coef0n; for multi-variate regression: e.g. coefOfst, coefAngPtch, coefAngRoll | |col | Column | | |cold | Cold | For use such as opposite to warm surface patches, temperatures | |com | combination | | |copy | copy | To copy | |cmd | command | For use, e.g. as system command | |cmt | commit | For use such as in Git or Docker commits. In case of Docker used to distinguish from an image built from a Dockerfile | |cmpl | complete | Done, completed, finished | |cntn | Content(s) | Contents of e.g. a file or message | |cntr | Centered | As in a windowing function. | |comb | combine | Combine/merge | |conc | Concentration | | |conf | confidence | for use such as in confidence level | |cons | Consistent/consistency | | |conv | Conversion | | |cor | correction | | |corl | Coriolis | | |corr | correlation | | |cp | Specific heat capacity at constant pressure | | |crit | criterion | for use such as in stopping criterion for an iteration |