1.3 CMOR Variable: Mean Age of Stratospheric Air (meanage)

Record Label : meanage

Record Title : Mean Age of Stratospheric Air

Record Identifier : 3a049b80-9c3a-11e6-8d5d-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-261

MIP Variable : meanage

Deflate: NetCDF compression parameter :

Deflate Level: NetCDF compression parameter :

Shuffle: NetCDF compression parameter :

Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 1

Data value type, e.g. float or double : real

Modeling Realm : aerosol

CMOR Directive Positive :

Section of a table : aerzonal-vert

Link to MIP table record : AERmonZ

The MIP table : AERmonZ

Provenance : AERmonZ ((isd.003))

Provenance Note : aerzonal-vert

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : mon

Row index of entry in source sheet : -1

Description : The mean age of air is defined as the mean time that a stratospheric air mass has been out of contact with the well-mixed troposphere.

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) :