atmosphere_mass_content_of_convective_cloud_ice

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Created: July 9, 2015

Proposer: Mark Webb

Proposed Date: 2015-07-06

CMIP6 - CFMIP clivic

proposal for new standard names for some cloud quantities

Change Date: July 9, 2015, 4:56 p.m.

Term: atmosphere_mass_content_of_convective_cloud_ice

Unit: kg m-2

Unit ref: KMP2

AMIP:

GRIB:

"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used.

Change Date: March 16, 2018, 11:54 p.m.

Term: atmosphere_mass_content_of_convective_cloud_ice

Unit: kg m-2

Unit ref: KMP2

AMIP:

GRIB:

"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Convective cloud is that produced by the convection schemes in an atmosphere model.