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Relevant Terminology

Violet Huang edited this page Jun 23, 2023 · 8 revisions

Here (for now), we will jot down relevant terminology to later be defined in detail.

  • groundwater
  • freshwater
  • surface water
  • Land water/terrestrial water
  • aquifer
  • water table
  • Evapotranspiration
  • Scenario Planning
  • Water budget
  • discharge
  • snow water equivalent (SWE)
  • mass balance
  • terrestrial water storage anomalies (TWSA)
  • snowpack
  • mascons
  • geodesy
  • El Nino, La Nina?
  • wetting
  • drying
  • essential climate variables (ECVs)
  • Meteorological drought: deficit in precipitation
  • agricultural drought: deficit in soil moisture
  • hydrological drought: deficit in runoff, groundwater, or total water storage
  • socioeconomic drought: considering water supply, demand, and social response
  • Different perspectives of drought monitoring: meteorological, agricultural, hydrological, and ecological
  • gravity fields
  • spherical harmonic coefficients