cf_standard_names record: 3ba664c6-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 (v1.2.1)

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descriptionThe 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.
nameair_pressure_at_convective_cloud_top
uid3ba664c6-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654

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