Terms Table

#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