G sb
Heat flux conducted in stream bed
H
Sensible heat flux; stability function; building height; hill height
h
Solar hour angle; height of the stable night-time boundary layer;
height of superficial elements; Planck constant; stream bed height
h c
Convective heat transfer coefficient
h c
Mean convective heat transfer coefficient
h d
Mean transfer coefficient
h x
Dimensionless convective heat transfer coefficient
h/k
Relative submergence
I
Turbulence intensity
IPPC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
J
Surface irradiance; diffusion flux
K
Turbulent diffusion coefficient
K M
Turbulent diffusion coefficient for horizontal momentum
K H
Turbulent diffusion coefficient for sensible heat
K V
Turbulent diffusion coefficient for water vapor
K S
Turbulent diffusion coefficient for an arbitrary gas
K′
Radiation intensity emitted from a surface
k
Von Karman constant; roughness height
k
Thermal conductivity coefficient
L
Characteristic length; latent heat of water vapor
L
Monin–Obukhov stability length
LE
Latent heat fluxes
L e
Lewis number
LES
Large-Scale Simulation
L u
Ascending long wavelength radiation flux
L d
Descending long wavelength radiation flux
LE eq
Equilibrium evapotranspiration
LE pot
Evapotranspiration potential
L
Stopping distance
M
Mass dimensional parameter
Md, MAD Medians for correction of vertical fluxes
m
Air mass
N BV
Brunt–Väisälä frequency
Nu
Nusselt number
n
Dimensionless frequency; empirical constant; number of daily solar
hours
n i
Number of monthly hours under clear sky
P
Air pressure, period (e.g., daily or annual) of thermal surface wave
P e
Peclet number
P o
Reference pressure
Pr
Prandtl number
P w
Wake turbulent energy
Q c
Carbon dioxide concentration
Acronyms
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