.. _glossary:

Glossary
==========


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| Symbol                                                        | Definition                                                                                    | Unit               | 
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| D                                                             | Turbine rotor diameter (fixed parameter)                                                      | m                  | 
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| t                                                             | Time                                                                                          | s                  | 
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| x, y, z                                                       | Coordinates (east-west, north-south, vertical)                                                | m                  | 
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| n\ :sub:`t`\, n\ :sub:`x`\, n\ :sub:`y`\, n\ :sub:`z`\        | Number points in time and space dimensions                                                    | -                  | 
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| u                                                             | Wind vector component along East - West, positive going from West to East                     | m/s                | 
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| v                                                             | Wind vector component along North - South, positive going from South to North                 | m/s                | 
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| w                                                             | Wind vector component along vertical, positive going up                                       | m/s                | 
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| U                                                             | Magnitude of horizontal wind speed vector                                                     | m/s                | 
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| WS                                                            | Magnitude of 3D wind speed vector                                                             | m/s                | 
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| u\ :sub:`LOS`\                                                | Wind vector component along the line of sight of each lidar beam                              | m/s                | 
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| WD                                                            | Direction of horizontal wind speed vector                                                     | deg                | 
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| :math:`{\Delta}` WD                                           | Veer computed at fixed (x,y) from two distinct z points                                       | deg                | 
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| TI                                                            | Turbulence intensity (from horizontal wind speed)                                             | %                  | 
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| TKE                                                           | Turbulence kinetic energy (from 3-D wind speed)                                               | m²/s²              | 
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| L                                                             | Obukhov length                                                                                | m                  | 
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| u\ :sub:`*`\                                                  | Friction velocity                                                                             | m/s                | 
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| z\ :sub:`0`\                                                  | Roughness length                                                                              | m                  | 
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| z\ :sub:`i`\                                                  | Atmospheric boundary layer height                                                             | m                  | 
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| T                                                             | Absolute temperature                                                                          | K                  | 
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| T\ :sub:`s`\                                                  | Sonic temperature                                                                             | K                  | 
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| F\ :sub:`s`\                                                  | Sensible heat flux                                                                            | W/m²               | 
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| CNR				                                | Carrier-to-noise ratio		                     	                                | db                 |
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| :math:`\overline{q}`                                          | Temporal average of variable q                                                                | unit of q          | 
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| <q>                                                           | Ensemble average of variable q                                                                | unit of q          |
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| q'                                                            | Temporal perturbation of variable q, defined as - q                                           | unit of q          |
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| q\ :sub:`hub`\                                                | Variable q evaluated at hub height                         	                                | unit of q          |
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| :math:`{\sigma}`\ :sub:`q`\                                   | Standard deviation of variable q                        	                                | unit of q          |
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| P				                                | Generator power		                        	                                | W                  |
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