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10. Notation#

λF#: Frontal area index
ΔQS#: Storage heat flux
BLUEWS#: Boundary Layer part of SUEWS

Fig. 10.1 Relation between BLUEWS and SUEWS#
CDD#: Cooling degree days
GDD#: Growing degree days
HDD#: Heating degree days
CBL#: Convective boundary layer
DEM#: Digital Elevation Model
DSM#: Digital surface model
DTM#: Digital Terrain Model
ESTM#: Element Surface Temperature Method [Offerle et al., 2005]
L↓#: Incoming longwave radiation
LAI#: Leaf area index
LUMPS#: Local-scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme [Loridan et al., 2011]
NARP#: Net All-wave Radiation Parameterization [Loridan et al., 2011, Offerle et al., 2003]
OHM#: Objective Hysteresis Model [Grimmond and Oke, 1999, Grimmond and Oke, 2002, Grimmond et al., 1991]
Q\ ^*#: Net all-wave radiation
QE#: Latent heat flux
QF#: Anthropogenic heat flux
QH#: Sensible heat flux
SOLWEIG#: The solar and longwave environmental irradiance geometry model [Lindberg and Grimmond, 2011, Lindberg et al., 2008]
SVF#: Sky view factor
θ#: Potential temperature
tt#: Time step of data
UMEP#: Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor
WATCH#: The WATCH project has produced a large number of data sets which should be of considerable use in regional and global studies of climate and water. see WATCH webpage
zi#: Convective boundary layer height