1.8 CF Standard Names: Tendency of Atmosphere Moles of Nox Expressed As Nitrogen (tendency_of_atmosphere_moles_of_nox_expressed_as_nitrogen)

Record Label : tendency_of_atmosphere_moles_of_nox_expressed_as_nitrogen

Record Title : Tendency of Atmosphere Moles of Nox Expressed As Nitrogen

CF Standard Name : tendency_of_atmosphere_moles_of_nox_expressed_as_nitrogen

Record Description : "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The construction "atmosphere_moles_of_X" means the total number of moles of X in the entire atmosphere, i.e. summed over the atmospheric column and over the entire globe. "Nox" means a combination of two radical species containing nitrogen and oxygen: NO+NO2. The phrase 'expressed_as' is used in the construction A_expressed_as_B, where B is a chemical constituent of A. It means that the quantity indicated by the standard name is calculated solely with respect to the B contained in A, neglecting all other chemical constituents of A.

Canonical Units : mol s-1

MIP Variable : Layer-Integrated Lightning Production of NOx