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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. "Vegetation" means any living plants e.g. trees, shrubs, grass. "C" means the element carbon and "14C" is the radioactive isotope "carbon-14", having six protons and eight neutrons and used in radiocarbon dating. |
name | vegetation_mass_content_of_14C |
uid | 3ba9a923-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 |