Glossary
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Description |
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Talend |
Talend is an open source software vendor that provides data integration, data management, enterprise application integration and big data software and services |
Technology Viewpoint |
an architecture viewpoint focusing on technology choices to realise a system |
TERN |
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network |
thematic attribution |
the identification of standard characteristic properties of a domain feature |
THREDDS |
a web server that provides metadata and data access for scientific datasets, using OPeNDAP, OGC WMS and WCS, HTTP, and other remote data access protocols. THREDDS is developed and supported by Unidata. |
time-series |
an environmental observation type consisting of a sequence of measurements of the same environmental parameter at successive points in time |
TMY |
Typical Meteorological Year |
TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
topic category |
a category within a broad classification of environmental domains |
TOR |
Terms of Reference |
transect |
an environmental observation strategy involving a linear monitoring site, with individual observations (e.g., species counts, temperature readings) made along the path |