Symbols and Abbreviated Forms - Greenhouse Technology and Management - page 293

Appendix 2
Symbols and Abbreviated Forms

A Angle; also designates coefficient

A Area subject to wind pressure or suction; also designates coefficient

AC Capillary ascension

ADC Analogical digital converter

AENOR Asociación Española de Normalización y Tipificación (Spanish Association

for Standardization and Certification)

AH Absolute humidity (of air)

ASAE American Society of Agricultural Engineers

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers

ATP Adenosine triphosphate (energetic organic molecule)

b Coefficient

B Coefficient

BCMV Bean common mosaic virus

BER Blossom end rot

BnYDV Bean yellow disorder virus

BPYV Beet pseudo-yellows virus

BYMV Bean yellow mosaic virus

C Wind pressure coefficient

C/N Carbon/nitrogen ratio

C 2 H 4 Ethylene

C3 Type of plant metabolism

C4 Type of plant metabolism

C 6 H 12 O 6 Carbon hydrate (glucose, fructose)

Ca(NO 3 ) 2 Calcium nitrate

CAM Type of plant metabolism

C d Vent discharge coefficient

CEC Cation exchange capacity

CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics

CGR Crop growth rate

CMV Cucumber mosaic virus

CO Carbon monoxide