1.8 CF Standard Names: Precipitation Flux Containing Single 2H (precipitation_flux_containing_single_2H)

Record Label : precipitation_flux_containing_single_2H

Record Title : Precipitation Flux Containing Single 2H

CF Standard Name : precipitation_flux_containing_single_2H

Record Description : In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. "Precipitation" in the earth's atmosphere means precipitation of water in all phases. The chemical formula for water is H2O. "H" means the element "hydrogen" and "2H" is the stable isotope "hydrogen-2", usually called "deuterium". The construction "X_containing_single_Y" means the standard name refers to only that part of X composed of molecules containing a single atom of isotope Y.

Canonical Units : kg m-2 s-1

MIP Variable : Precipitation Flux of Water Containing Deuterium (1H 2H O)