Term: volume_spectral_single_scattering_albedo_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles

Unit: 1

Unit ref: UUUU

AMIP:

GRIB:

The aerosol optical property of single-scattering albedo (ratio of scattering to extinction) for our benchmark radiative transfer calculations. However, if the variable with short name "aerext" is "spectral_volume_extinction_coefficient_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles", then we would propose naming this variable "spectral_volume_single_scattering_albedo_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles". (In our original request, this variable was specified by the Short name "aerssa".)

Term: volume_spectral_single_scattering_albedo_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles

Unit: 1

Unit ref: UUUU

AMIP:

GRIB:

The specification of a physical process by the phrase "due_to_" process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "Aerosol" means the system of suspended liquid or solid particles in air (except cloud droplets) and their carrier gas, the air itself. "Ambient_aerosol" means that the aerosol is measured or modelled at the ambient state of pressure, temperature and relative humidity that exists in its immediate environment. "Ambient aerosol particles" are aerosol particles that have taken up ambient water through hygroscopic growth. The extent of hygroscopic growth depends on the relative humidity and the composition of the particles. To specify the relative humidity and temperature at which the quantity described by the standard name applies, provide scalar coordinate variables with standard names of "relative_humidity" and "air_temperature".