1.3 CMOR Variable: Hydrometeor Effective Radius of Stratiform Snowfall (reffsnows)

Record Label : reffsnows

Record Title : Hydrometeor Effective Radius of Stratiform Snowfall

Record Identifier : bab4efa0-e5dd-11e5-8482-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-018

MIP Variable : reffsnows

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 : 2

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

Modeling Realm : atmos

CMOR Directive Positive :

Section of a table : CF3hr_grid

Link to MIP table record : CF3hr

The MIP table : CF3hr

Provenance : CF3hr ((isd.003))

Provenance Note : CF3hr_grid

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : 3hrPt

Row index of entry in source sheet : 40

Description : This is defined as the in-cloud ratio of the third moment over the second moment of the particle size distribution (obtained by considering only the cloudy portion of the grid cell).

Sub-group of variables in a table : cf3hr_grid

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : reffsnows ((isd.005))