Acronyms

 

AAFC
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

AF
Acre-foot. One acre-foot is equal to 1.233 dam3, i.e. 1.233 ML

BCIFN
BC Instream Flow Needs

Cfs
Cubic feet per second. The Imperial unit of streamflow. One cfs = 0.0283 m3/s.

CGCM2
Canadian General Circulation Model Version 2

CGCM2A2
Canadian General Circulation Model Version 2. A2 refers to a global CO2 emissions scenario

CO2
Carbon dioxide

dam3
Cubic decameter. One dam3 is a volume of 10 m by 10 m by 10 m, i.e. 1,000 m3 , i.e. 1,000,000 L, i.e. 1 ML.

EC
Environment Canada

ET
Evapotranspiration

GCM
General Circulation Model

GIS
Geographic Information System

GWBAT
Groundwater Balance Analysis Tool

ICI
Institutional, commercial, and industrial

IFN
Instream flow needs

L
Litre. There are 1,000 L in a cubic metre, and 1,000,000 L in a cubic decameter (dam3). 1,000,000 L = 1 ML

LAI
Leaf area index

m3/s
Cubic metres per second. The SI unit of streamflow. One m3/s = 35.3 cfs

MAL
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

ML
Megalitre. One ML = 1,000,000 litres, i.e. 1 dam3

MOE
Ministry of Environment

MPB
Mountain pine beetle

OBHM
Okanagan Basin Hydrology Model

OBWAM
Okanagan Basin Water Accounting Model

OBWB
Okanagan Basin Water Board

OkWater Database
Okanagan Water Database

OWDM
Okanagan Water Demand Model

OWSC
Okanagan Water Stewardship Council

PET
Potential evapotranspiration

RD
Rooting depth

UFW
Unaccounted for water

UNA
User needs assessment

WTP
Wastewater treatment plant

 

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