Notation
========


.. glossary::

   *λF*
     Frontal area  index

   ΔQS
     Storage heat flux

   BLUEWS
     Boundary Layer  part of SUEWS

        .. figure:: /assets/img/Bluews_1.jpg
          :alt: Relation between BLUEWS and SUEWS

          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 :cite:`O05`

   L↓
     Incoming longwave radiation

   LAI
     Leaf area index

   LUMPS
     Local-scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme :cite:`L11`

   NARP
     Net All-wave Radiation Parameterization :cite:`O03,L11`

   OHM
     Objective Hysteresis Model :cite:`G91,GO99,GO02`

   |Qstar|
     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 :cite:`F08,FG11`

   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 <http://www.eu-watch.org/data_availability>`__

   zi
     Convective boundary layer height

.. _Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor: http://umep-docs.readthedocs.io