Term: air_temperature_anomaly

Unit: K

Unit ref: UPKA

AMIP:

GRIB: 25

"anomaly" means difference from climatology. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature.

Term: air_temperature_anomaly

Unit: K

Unit ref: UPKA

AMIP:

GRIB: 25

"anomaly" means difference from climatology. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. It is strongly recommended to include a units_metadata attribute.

Term: air_temperature_anomaly

Unit: K

Unit ref: UPKA

AMIP:

GRIB: 25

"anomaly" means difference from climatology. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. In order to convert the units correctly, it is essential to know whether a temperature is on-scale or a difference. Therefore this standard strongly recommends that any variable whose units involve a temperature unit should also have a units_metadata attribute to make the distinction. units_metadata="temperature: difference" means that the temperature quantity is the difference between two temperatures, so the origin of the scale is irrelevant, and only the unit of measure matters. It is strongly recommended to include the attribute units_metadata="temperature: difference".

Term: air_temperature_anomaly

Unit: K

Unit ref: UPKA

AMIP:

GRIB: 25

"anomaly" means difference from climatology. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. It is strongly recommended that a variable with this standard name should have the attribute units_metadata="temperature: difference", meaning that it refers to temperature differences and implying that the origin of the temperature scale is irrelevant, because it is essential to know whether a temperature is on-scale or a difference in order to convert the units correctly (cf. https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/cf-conventions.html#temperature-units).