1.8 CF Standard Names: Flood Water Thickness (flood_water_thickness)

Record Label : flood_water_thickness

Record Title : Flood Water Thickness

CF Standard Name : flood_water_thickness

Record Description : The flood_water_thickness is the vertical distance between the surface of the flood water and the surface of the solid ground, as measured at a given point in space. The standard name ground_level_altitude is used for a data variable giving the geometric height of the ground surface above the geoid. "Flood water" is water that covers land which is normally not covered by water.

Canonical Units : m