Abbreviations and Symbols
Symbol
Description
Unit
3ME
Macro, Meso, Micro SE
%
b
Benefit index
–
bSefficiency
SE b = beneficial Sefficiency (W qX = 1); quantity Sefficiency %
C
Consumption (= ET + NR)
L3; L3/L2
c
Consumptive index; OUT index
–
C1
Consumption fraction (= C/I)
–
CE
Classical Efficiency
%
cMacroSE
Consumptive MacroSE S (ic = 0)
%
cMacroSE b
Consumptive MacroSE b (ic = 0)
%
cMesoSE
Consumptive MesoSE S (ic = 0)
%
cMesoSE b
Consumptive MesoSE b (ic = 0)
%
cMicroSE
¼ cMicroSE S = MicroSE
%
cSE
¼ cSE S = cSefficiency = Consumptive Sefficiency (ic = 0) %
cSE b
Consumptive bSefficiency (ic = 0)
%
d
Desirables; compact form of b, q or s
–
DS req
Downstream required water
L3; L3/L2
EE
Effective Efficiency
%
ET
Evapotranspiration
L3; L3/L2
i
IN Sefficiency; IN index
–
I
I n flow (= V1 + OS + PP)
L3; L3/L2
ic
IN or inflow Sefficiency (= 1); OUT or consumptive
Sefficiency (= 0)
–
iMacroSE
Inflow MacroSE S (ic = 1)
%
iMacroSE b
Inflow MacroSE b (ic = 1)
%
iMesoSE
Inflow MesoSE S (ic = 1)
%
iMesoSE b
Inflow MesoSE b (ic = 1)
%
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