| Climate Model: | A simulation of reality which quantifies the interactions of variables which play a role in climate. |
| Climate Scenario: | A plausible representation of future climate conditions created under a set of input variables. |
| Data Collection: | A grouping of data sets that all come from the same source, such as a research group. |
| Data Discovery Center (DDC): | The main cyberinfrastructure interface for the New Hampshire EPSCoR Ecosystems and Society Project and the Maine/New Hampshire New England Sustainability Consortium. |
| Data Granule: | The smallest or most refined element of a data holding such as a single value. |
| Data Holding: | A subset of a data set. |
| Data Set: | A subset of a data collection. |
| Data Table: | A matrix of data values organized into rows (records) and columns (fields). |
| Derived Data: | Data which is created from the use of functions, analysis, or models. |
| End User: | The consumer of a service or product such as a webpage. |
| EPSCoR: | Acronym for Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. |
| Field / Column: | A vertical list of data values within a data table. |
| Gauge: | An instrument for measuring magnitude, amount, or contents of something such as the measuring of Dissolved Oxygen in water. |
| Gazetteer: | A collection of location names which are referenced to geospatial coordinates. |
| Imagery Data: | Continuous raster data which portrays images over one or many bands of data. |
| Imagery Band: | A range of wavelengths. An example could be the red band of electromagnetic spectrum. |
| Metadata: | Data which is used to describe other data and usually organized into fields such as Data Creator, Date of Creation, Data Type, etc… |
| Model Output: | Values that are created by the running and completion of a model. |
| Network: | A collection of sensors or gauges which work together to gather measurements. |
| Output File Type: | The file type generated from an application, tool, or model, such as TIFF, or CSV. |
| Parameter: | A value used as input to a climate model. |
| Pixel / Grid Cell: | The smallest unit of a raster data layer or an image represented by a square or rectangle. |
| Principal Investigator: | The lead researcher on a research project. |
| Project: | A collection of researchers, data, analysis, and tools all used in the pursuit of a common goal. |
| QA / QC: | Quality Assessment / Quality Control; methods used to check the accuracy, precision, and validity of data. |
| Raster Data: | Spatial data that is represented by a matrix of pixels. |
| Record / Row: | A horizontal list of data values within a data table. |
| Sensor: | A device which is used to measure the quantity of a physical property such as light. |
| Site: | The location of where sensors or gauges are placed. Sites can have one or multiple sensors and / or gauges at the same location. |
| Spatial Reference: | The coordinate system, map projection, and parameters used to store a spatial data set. |
| Spatial Resolution: | The size of a pixel within a uniform set as measured along one side. |
| Station: | The location of where sensors or gauges are placed. Stations can have one or multiple sensors and / or gauges at the same location. |
| STEM: | An acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics which is often used in context to outreach operations. |
| Survey: | A set of questions used as a tool to understand trends, often over a spatial location. |
| Temporal Resolution: | The regular time frequency of which a dataset or data granule is collected such as fifteen minute intervals. |
| Time Series: | A series of data sets or data granules which are captured and stored over time. |
| Time Step: | The range of time between elements within a time series. |
| Variable: | Data which may vary and is used as input to a model or function. |
| Vector Data: | Spatial data that is represented by points, lines, or polygons. |
| Virtual Server: | An allocation of memory, CPU, and disk space which acts as an independent computer server, within another server. |
| Web Mapping: | The act of creating web based interactive mapping environments. |
| Web Map Service: | A type of service that generates and delivers map layers over the internet. |