downward_heat_flux_at_snow_base_in_snow

under discussion

Created: 24 Apr 2023

Proposer: Martin Juckes

Proposed Date: 2020-05-13

Standard names: downward_heat_flux_at_ground_level_in_snow -- clarification

Change Date: 24 Apr 2023, 4:56 p.m.

downward_heat_flux_at_ground_level_in_snow W m-2 [UFAA] P07 id: CFSN0688
ground_level means the land surface (beneath the snow and surface water, if any). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.

Change Date: 24 Apr 2023, 4:57 p.m.

downward_heat_flux_at_snow_base_in_snow W m-2 [UFAA]
ground_level means the land surface (beneath the snow and surface water, if any). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.

Change Date: 9 Feb 2024, 3:44 p.m.

downward_heat_flux_at_snow_base_in_snow W m-2 [UFAA]
"snow_base" means the bottom of a layer of snow which is lying on rock, soil or ice. "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.

Change Date: 30 May 2025, 11:55 a.m.

downward_heat_flux_at_snow_base_in_snow W m-2 [UFAA]
"snow_base" means the interface between the snow layer and any medium below it (e.g., water, rock, soil or ice). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.

Change Date: 30 May 2025, 11:59 a.m.

downward_heat_flux_at_snow_base_in_snow W m-2 [UFAA]
"at snow base" means the interface between the snow layer and any medium below it (e.g., snow, water, ground). "Ground" is either rock or soil. "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.