Bilingual glossary
Normalized MeteoAndes terminology.
| English | Spanish | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| albedo | albedo | Fraction of incoming shortwave radiation reflected by a surface. |
| equivalent black carbon (eBC) | carbono negro equivalente | Optically inferred concentration from light absorption. |
| refractory black carbon (rBC) | carbono negro refractario | Mass of refractory particles measured by SP2 incandescence. |
| elevation change | cambio de elevación | Eulerian change in surface elevation between dates. |
| co-registration | co-registro | Horizontal and vertical alignment between elevation datasets. |
| cryosphere | criósfera | Earth-system components where water is frozen. |
| line-of-sight displacement | desplazamiento LOS | Motion projected onto the radar line of sight. |
| water equivalent | equivalente de agua | Water thickness equivalent to a snow or ice mass. |
| automatic weather station (AWS) | estación meteorológica automática | Autonomous meteorological sensor system. |
| hypsometry | hipsometría | Distribution of glacier area by elevation band. |
| InSAR | InSAR | Interferometric synthetic aperture radar. |
| NMAD | NMAD | Normalized median absolute deviation, a robust spread statistic. |
| net radiation | radiación neta | Balance of incoming and outgoing shortwave and longwave radiation. |
| stable terrain | terreno estable | Non-glacier surface used to estimate bias and dispersion. |
| hydrological year | año hidrológico | Annual period defined to capture accumulation and ablation cycles. |