temperature_in_surface_snow

"Temperature in surface snow" is the bulk temperature of the snow, not the surface (skin) temperature. Surface snow refers to the snow on the solid ground or on surface ice cover, but excludes, for example, falling snowflakes and snow on plants. 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. It is strongly recommended to include the attribute units_metadata.

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Proposal: Jonathan Gregory & Lars Barring [Classification of existing standard name]

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snow_temperature

Snow temperature is the bulk temperature of the snow, not the surface (skin) temperature.

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