1.8 CF Standard Names: Land Surface Liquid Water Amount (land_surface_liquid_water_amount)

Record Label : land_surface_liquid_water_amount

Record Title : Land Surface Liquid Water Amount

CF Standard Name : land_surface_liquid_water_amount

Record Description : The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Amount" means mass per unit area. The quantity with standard name land_surface_liquid_water_amount includes water in rivers, wetlands, lakes, reservoirs and liquid precipitation intercepted by the vegetation canopy.

Canonical Units : kg m-2

MIP Variable : Surface Water Storage