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Glossary
Absolute Metric A metric independent of context concerning budget, constraint,
peer, or history, e.g., a 1000-MW baseload power plant may consume 200 gallons of water per megawatt hour (intensive), equivalent to 4.8 million gallons of
water per day (extensive).
Acre An imperial unit of area, equivalent to 4047 m
2
or around 0.4 Ha.
Acre-Foot A commonly used unit of water withdrawals or consumption, especially
in irrigation in the Western U.S. It is the volume of water to cover an area of one
acre to a depth of one foot, equal to 1233 m
3
.
Afforestation Planting trees, saplings, and seeds on land devoid of trees to establish a forest. Compare to Reforestation.
Agent-based Models (ABMs) Computational models that model how the decisions
of individual agents affect the system outcome(s) of interest. ABMs typically
allow for types of individuals with different decision rules, and for interaction
between these different types.
Agents Natural or human entities who control stocks, and who produce, consume,
originate, terminate, and take inputs and outputs concerning flows. Agents
exhibit sentient decision-making behavior, both rational and irrational.
Aggregation A common method of de-identifying PII or PCII or other sensitive
data by reporting the space-time location, stock, flow, etc. for a group instead of
an individual.
Agricultural Drought Drought conditions as measured by soil moisture. Compare
to hydrological drought and meteorological drought.
Agricultural Food Commodity A staple crop (e.g., wheat, corn, rice, barley,
maize, sugar, fruits, and vegetables) or animal products (e.g., fish, meat, and
dairy products) that is the basis for foodstuffs.
Alluvium Sediment of sand, silt, gravel, and clay that is deposited by streams and
rivers and often forms very fertile soil in a river valley or delta.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Sometimes called appropriate dispute resolution, ADR is simply “A process adopted to end a problem before taking legal
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
P. Saundry, B. L. Ruddell (eds.), The Food-Energy-Water Nexus, AESS
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29914-9
Glossary
Absolute Metric A metric independent of context concerning budget, constraint,
peer, or history, e.g., a 1000-MW baseload power plant may consume 200 gallons of water per megawatt hour (intensive), equivalent to 4.8 million gallons of
water per day (extensive).
Acre An imperial unit of area, equivalent to 4047 m
2
or around 0.4 Ha.
Acre-Foot A commonly used unit of water withdrawals or consumption, especially
in irrigation in the Western U.S. It is the volume of water to cover an area of one
acre to a depth of one foot, equal to 1233 m
3
.
Afforestation Planting trees, saplings, and seeds on land devoid of trees to establish a forest. Compare to Reforestation.
Agent-based Models (ABMs) Computational models that model how the decisions
of individual agents affect the system outcome(s) of interest. ABMs typically
allow for types of individuals with different decision rules, and for interaction
between these different types.
Agents Natural or human entities who control stocks, and who produce, consume,
originate, terminate, and take inputs and outputs concerning flows. Agents
exhibit sentient decision-making behavior, both rational and irrational.
Aggregation A common method of de-identifying PII or PCII or other sensitive
data by reporting the space-time location, stock, flow, etc. for a group instead of
an individual.
Agricultural Drought Drought conditions as measured by soil moisture. Compare
to hydrological drought and meteorological drought.
Agricultural Food Commodity A staple crop (e.g., wheat, corn, rice, barley,
maize, sugar, fruits, and vegetables) or animal products (e.g., fish, meat, and
dairy products) that is the basis for foodstuffs.
Alluvium Sediment of sand, silt, gravel, and clay that is deposited by streams and
rivers and often forms very fertile soil in a river valley or delta.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Sometimes called appropriate dispute resolution, ADR is simply “A process adopted to end a problem before taking legal