1.8 CF Standard Names: Surface Air Pressure (surface_air_pressure)

Record Label : surface_air_pressure

Record Title : Surface Air Pressure

CF Standard Name : surface_air_pressure

Record Description : The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Air pressure is the force per unit area which would be exerted when the moving gas molecules of which the air is composed strike a theoretical surface of any orientation.

Canonical Units : Pa

MIP Variable : Surface Air Pressure