1.8 CF Standard Names: Convective Cloud Base Altitude (convective_cloud_base_altitude)

Record Label : convective_cloud_base_altitude

Record Title : Convective Cloud Base Altitude

CF Standard Name : convective_cloud_base_altitude

Record Description : cloud_base refers to the base of the lowest cloud. Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level. Convective cloud is that produced by the convection schemes in an atmosphere model.

Canonical Units : m