1.8 CF Standard Names: Convective Cloud Top Altitude (convective_cloud_top_altitude)

Record Label : convective_cloud_top_altitude

Record Title : Convective Cloud Top Altitude

CF Standard Name : convective_cloud_top_altitude

Record Description : cloud_top refers to the top of the highest 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