Change Date: June 4, 2018, 3:13 p.m.

Term: temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_snow_and_ice

Unit: W m-2

Unit ref: UFAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

Change Date: June 4, 2018, 3:14 p.m.

Term: temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_snow_and_ice

Unit: W m-2

Unit ref: UFAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. 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.

Change Date: June 7, 2018, 2:36 p.m.

Term: temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_snow_and_ice

Unit: W m-2

Unit ref: UFAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

The quantity with standard name temperature_flux_due_to_rainfall_expressed_as_heat_flux_into_snow_and_ice is the heat energy carried by rainfall reaching the snow and ice covered surface. It is calculated relative to the heat that would be carried by rainfall entering the sea at zero degrees Celsius. It is calculated as the product QrainCpTrain, where Qrain is the mass flux of rainfall entering the sea (kg m-2 s-1), Cp is the specific heat capacity of water and Train is the temperature in degrees Celsius of the rain water entering the sea surface. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. 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.

Change Date: June 21, 2018, 6:22 a.m.

Term: surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux_due_to_rainfall_temperature_excess_above_freezing

Unit: W m-2

Unit ref: UFAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

The quantity with standard name surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux_due_to_rainfall_temperature_excess_above_freezing is the heat energy carried by rainfall reaching the surface. It is calculated relative to the heat that would be carried by rainfall reaching the surface at zero degrees Celsius. It is calculated as the product QrainCpTrain, where Qrain is the mass flux of rainfall reaching the surface (kg m-2 s-1), Cp is the specific heat capacity of water and Train is the temperature in degrees Celsius of the rain water reaching the surface. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. 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.

Change Date: July 4, 2018, 1:27 a.m.

Term: tendency_of_thermal_energy_content_of_surface_snow_due_to_rainfall_temperature_excess_above_freezing

Unit: W m-2

Unit ref: UFAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

The quantity with standard name surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux_due_to_rainfall_temperature_excess_above_freezing is the heat energy carried by rainfall reaching the surface. It is calculated relative to the heat that would be carried by rainfall reaching the surface at zero degrees Celsius. It is calculated as the product QrainCpTrain, where Qrain is the mass flux of rainfall reaching the surface (kg m-2 s-1), Cp is the specific heat capacity of water and Train is the temperature in degrees Celsius of the rain water reaching the surface. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. 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.

Change Date: July 4, 2018, 1:32 a.m.

Term: tendency_of_thermal_energy_content_of_surface_snow_due_to_rainfall_temperature_excess_above_freezing

Unit: W m-2

Unit ref: UFAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. Thermal energy is the total vibrational energy, kinetic and potential, of all the molecules and atoms in a substance. The phrase "surface_snow" means snow lying on the surface. The quantity with standard name tendency_of_thermal_energy_content_of_surface_snow_due_to_rainfall_temperature_excess_above_freezing is the heat energy carried by rainfall reaching the surface. It is calculated relative to the heat that would be carried by rainfall reaching the surface at zero degrees Celsius. It is calculated as the product QrainCpTrain, where Qrain is the mass flux of rainfall reaching the surface (kg m-2 s-1), Cp is the specific heat capacity of water and Train is the temperature in degrees Celsius of the rain water reaching the surface. 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.