1.8 CF Standard Names: Area Fraction (area_fraction)

Record Label : area_fraction

Record Title : Area Fraction

CF Standard Name : area_fraction

Record Description : "Area fraction" is the fraction of a grid cell's horizontal area that has some characteristic of interest. It is evaluated as the area of interest divided by the grid cell area. It may be expressed as a fraction, a percentage, or any other dimensionless representation of a fraction. To specify which area is quantified by a variable with standard name area_fraction, provide a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable with standard name area_type. Alternatively, if one is defined, use a more specific standard name of X_area_fraction for the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X.

Canonical Units : 1

MIP Variable :