A high resolution spectroradiometer aboard the Terra and Aqua spacecraft designed to gather spectral data in 36 bands in order to increase the understanding of global environmental dynamics and processes. (https://agclass.nal.usda.gov/mtwdk.exe?k=default&l=60&w=137016&n=1&s=5&t=2)
A building is any independent free-standing structure comprising one or more rooms or other spaces, covered by a roof, enclosed with external walls or dividing walls which extend from the foundations to the roof, and intended for residential, agricultural, industrial, commercial, cultural, etc., purposes. (Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 1, United Nations, New York, 1998, para. 1.335)
Naturally occurring water on the Earth’s surface in glaciers, lakes and rivers, and underground in aquifers. Its key feature is a low concentration of dissolved salts. It excludes rainwater, water stored in the soil, untreated wastewater, seawater and brackish water. (FAO. 2022. The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture – Systems at breaking point. Main report. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9910en)
An alternative spelling for heme. Complexes consisting of an iron ion coordinated to a porphyrin acting as a tetradentate ligand, and to one or two axial ligands. ('hemes' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.H02773)
