Parameter atmosphere_water_vapor_content
Properties
Name | atmosphere_water_vapor_content |
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Description | "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Atmosphere water vapor content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this term does not imply the water could all be precipitated. |
AMIP code (Library of AMIP Data Transmission Standards) | prw |
GRIB code | 54 |
Source
The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.