air_temperature_at_cloud_optical_centroid

rejected

Created: April 19, 2016

Proposer: Maarten Sneep

Proposed Date: 2016-03-10

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standard name requests

Change Date: April 19, 2016, 2:55 p.m.

Term: air_temperature_at_cloud_optical_centroid

Unit: K

Unit ref: UPKA

AMIP:

GRIB:

Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. The cloud optical centriod pressure is a pressure level inside the cloud, near the optical thickness center of the cloud. There is also a standard name for air_pressure_at_cloud_optical_centroid.