Record Label : gross_primary_productivity_of_biomass_expressed_as_carbon
Record Title : Gross Primary Productivity of Biomass Expressed As Carbon
CF Standard Name : gross_primary_productivity_of_biomass_expressed_as_carbon
Record Description : "Production of carbon" means the production of biomass expressed as the mass of carbon which it contains. Gross primary production is the rate of synthesis of biomass from inorganic precursors by autotrophs ("producers"), for example, photosynthesis in plants or phytoplankton. The producers also respire some of this biomass and the difference is "net_primary_production". "Productivity" means production per unit area. The phrase "expressed_as" is used in the construction A_expressed_as_B, where B is a chemical constituent of A. It means that the quantity indicated by the standard name is calculated solely with respect to the B contained in A, neglecting all other chemical constituents of A.
Canonical Units : kg m-2 s-1
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