1.2 MIP Variable: Percentage of Area by Vegetation or Land-Cover Category (landCoverFrac)

Record Label : landCoverFrac

Record Title : Percentage of Area by Vegetation or Land-Cover Category

CF Standard Name : area_fraction

Units of Measure : %

Record Description : Percentage of grid cell area occupied by different model vegetation/land cover categories. The categories may differ from model to model, depending on each model's subgrid land cover category definitions. Categories may include natural vegetation, anthropogenic vegetation, bare soil, lakes, urban areas, glaciers, etc. Sum of all should equal the percentage of the grid cell that is land.

Processing Notes :

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Notes on Provenance of Variable Specifications : CMIP5_Lmon,PMIP3_Lclim,PMIP3_Lmon,SPECS_Lmon

Record Identifier : f3710647-d155-ec76-d2c4-cdfa866be579

MIP Defining this Variable : CMIP5

Link to Units section : percentage

CMOR Variable : Percentage of Area by Vegetation or Land-Cover Category