1.8 CF Standard Names: Sea Surface Height Above Mean Sea Level (sea_surface_height_above_mean_sea_level)

Record Label : sea_surface_height_above_mean_sea_level

Record Title : Sea Surface Height Above Mean Sea Level

CF Standard Name : sea_surface_height_above_mean_sea_level

Record Description : "Sea surface height" is a time-varying quantity. "Height_above_X" means the vertical distance above the named surface X. "Mean sea level" means the time mean of sea surface elevation at a given location over an arbitrary period sufficient to eliminate the tidal signals. The standard name for the height of the sea surface above the geoid is sea_surface_height_above_geoid. The standard name for the height of the sea surface above the reference ellipsoid is sea_surface_height_above_reference_ellipsoid.

Canonical Units : m