toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_reference_mole_fraction_of_methane_in_air

accepted
Created: 10 Sep 2024
Proposer: Fiona O'Connor
Proposed Date: 2024-08-29
#213
Change Date: 10 Sep 2024, 4:09 p.m.
Term: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_reference_mole_fraction_of_methane_in_air
Unit: W m-2
Unit ref: UFAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
A phrase assuming_condition indicates that the named quantity is the value which would obtain if all aspects of the system were unaltered except for the assumption of the circumstances specified by the condition. "longwave" means longwave radiation. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing longwave flux is the upwelling thermal radiative flux, often called the "outgoing longwave radiation" or "OLR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.