1.8 CF Standard Names: Tendency of Atmosphere Mass Content of Formaldehyde due to Wet Deposition (tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_formaldehyde_due_to_wet_deposition)

Record Label : tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_formaldehyde_due_to_wet_deposition

Record Title : Tendency of Atmosphere Mass Content of Formaldehyde due to Wet Deposition

CF Standard Name : tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_formaldehyde_due_to_wet_deposition

Record Description : The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The mass is the total mass of the molecules. 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. "Wet deposition" means deposition by precipitation. The chemical formula for formaldehyde is CH2O. The IUPAC name for formaldehyde is methanal.

Canonical Units : kg m-2 s-1