Record Label : tendency_of_atmosphere_mole_concentration_of_methane_due_to_chemical_destruction
Record Title : Tendency of Atmosphere Mole Concentration of Methane due to Chemical Destruction
CF Standard Name : tendency_of_atmosphere_mole_concentration_of_methane_due_to_chemical_destruction
Record Description : Mole concentration means number of moles per unit volume, also called "molarity", and is used in the construction "mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y", where X is a material constituent of Y. A chemical or biological species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as "nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". 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. "Chemical destruction" means the result of all chemical reactions within the medium (here, atmosphere) that remove a certain amount of a particular species from the medium. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The chemical formula for methane is CH4. Methane is a member of the group of hydrocarbons known as alkanes. There are standard names for the alkane group as well as for some of the individual species.
Canonical Units : mol m-3 s-1
MIP Variable : Monthly Loss of Atmospheric Methane