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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 |
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canonical_units | kg m-2 |
description | "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The content of a soil layer is the vertical integral of the specified quantity within the layer. The quantity with standard name mass_content_of_water_in_soil_layer_defined_by_root_depth is the vertical integral between the surface and the depth to which plant roots penetrate. A coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable with standard name root_depth can be used to specify the extent of the layer. "Water" means water in all phases. |
name | mass_content_of_water_in_soil_layer_defined_by_root_depth |
uid | 3ba74d4d-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 |