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Parameter soil_​moisture_​content_​at_​field_​capacity

Properties

Properties of the parameter soil_​moisture_​content_​at_​field_​capacity
Name soil_moisture_content_at_field_capacity
Description "moisture" means water in all phases contained in soil. "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. The field capacity of soil is the maximum content of water it can retain against gravitational drainage.
AMIP code (Library of AMIP Data Transmission Standards) mrsofc
GRIB code not specified

Source

The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.


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