Parameter lwe_thickness_of_soil_moisture_content
Properties
Name | lwe_thickness_of_soil_moisture_content |
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Description | "lwe" means liquid water equivalent. "moisture" means water in all phases contained in soil. The construction lwe_thickness_of_X_amount or _content means the vertical extent of a layer of liquid water having the same mass per unit area. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "soil content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface down to the bottom of the soil model. For the content between specified levels in the soil, standard names including content_of_soil_layer are used. |
AMIP code (Library of AMIP Data Transmission Standards) | not specified |
GRIB code | E140 |
Source
The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.