1.8 CF Standard Names: Lwe Thickness of Soil Moisture Content (lwe_thickness_of_soil_moisture_content)

Record Label : lwe_thickness_of_soil_moisture_content

Record Title : Lwe Thickness of Soil Moisture Content

CF Standard Name : lwe_thickness_of_soil_moisture_content

Record Description : "lwe" means liquid water equivalent. "moisture" means water in all phases contained in soil. The construction lwe_thickness_of_X_amount or _content means the vertical extent of a layer of liquid water having the same mass per unit area. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "soil content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface down to the bottom of the soil model. For the content between specified levels in the soil, standard names including content_of_soil_layer are used.

Canonical Units : m