1.8 CF Standard Names: Air Temperature Lapse Rate (air_temperature_lapse_rate)

Record Label : air_temperature_lapse_rate

Record Title : Air Temperature Lapse Rate

CF Standard Name : air_temperature_lapse_rate

Record Description : Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. A lapse rate is the negative derivative of a quantity with respect to increasing height above the surface, or the (positive) derivative with respect to increasing depth.

Canonical Units : K m-1