ocean_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_carbon

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Created: Oct. 13, 2016
Proposer: Paul Durack
Proposed Date: 2016-09-28
CMIP6 - OMIP
Change Date: Oct. 13, 2016, 2:09 p.m.
Term: ocean_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_carbon
Unit: kg m-2
Unit ref: KMP2
AMIP:
GRIB:
Change Date: Oct. 13, 2016, 2:10 p.m.
Term: ocean_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_carbon
Unit: kg m-2
Unit ref: KMP2
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The phrase "expressed_as" is used in the construction A_expressed_as_B, where B is a chemical constituent of A. It means that the quantity indicated by the standard name is calculated solely with respect to the B contained in A, neglecting all other chemical constituents of A.