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CF Standard Names (copied into data request to facilitate validation, particularly validation of consistency of definition in the CF standard with usage in the data request).
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| canonical_units | Pa |
| description | The phrase "cloud_top" refers to the top of the highest cloud. Convective cloud is that produced by the convection schemes in an atmosphere model. Air pressure is the force per unit area which would be exerted when the moving gas molecules of which the air is composed strike a theoretical surface of any orientation. |
| name | air_pressure_at_convective_cloud_top |
| uid | 3ba664c6-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 |