Record Label : mass_flux_of_carbon_into_litter_from_vegetation_due_to_senescence
Record Title : Mass Flux of Carbon Into Litter from Vegetation due to Senescence
CF Standard Name : mass_flux_of_carbon_into_litter_from_vegetation_due_to_senescence
Record Description : In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. "Vegetation" means any living plants e.g. trees, shrubs, grass. "Litter" is dead plant material in or above the soil. The specification of a physical process by the phrase "due_to_" process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. The term "senescence" means loss of living biomass excluding plant death, e.g. leaf drop and other seasonal effects. The term refers to changes in the whole plant and is not confined only to leaf drop.
Canonical Units : kg m-2 s-1
MIP Variable : Total Carbon Mass Flux from Vegetation to Litter as a Result of Leaf, Branch, and Root Senescence