1.8 CF Standard Names: Soil Moisture Content At Field Capacity (soil_moisture_content_at_field_capacity)

Record Label : soil_moisture_content_at_field_capacity

Record Title : Soil Moisture Content At Field Capacity

CF Standard Name : soil_moisture_content_at_field_capacity

Record Description : "moisture" means water in all phases contained in soil. "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. The field capacity of soil is the maximum content of water it can retain against gravitational drainage.

Canonical Units : kg m-2

MIP Variable : Capacity of Soil to Store Water (Field Capacity)