Record Label : esn
Record Title : Snow Evaporation
CF Standard Name : water_evapotranspiration_flux
Units of Measure : kg m-2 s-1
Record Description : Water here means water in all phases. Evaporation is the conversion of liquid or solid into vapor. (The conversion of solid alone into vapor is called "sublimation".) In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. Unless indicated in the cell_methods attribute, a quantity is assumed to apply to the whole area of each horizontal grid box. Previously, the qualifier where_type was used to specify that the quantity applies only to the part of the grid box of the named type. Names containing the where_type qualifier are deprecated and newly created data should use the cell_methods attribute to indicate the horizontal area to which the quantity applies.
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Notes on Provenance of Variable Specifications : CMIP6 endorsement [LS3MIP]
Record Identifier : 59152958-9e49-11e5-803c-0d0b866b59f3
MIP Defining this Variable : LS3MIP
Link to Units section : kgpm2s
CMOR Variable : Snow Evaporation