Climate and Forecast Standard Names
type: ConceptScheme
has top concept: atmosphere_mass_content_of_hail

atmosphere_mass_content_of_hail
type: Concept
top concept of: Climate and Forecast Standard Names
note: Mapping to be determined
source: cf-standard-name-table.html
in scheme: Climate and Forecast Standard Names
definition: "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. Hail is precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice, often restricted by a size convention to diameters of 5 mm or more. Reference: American Meteorological Society Glossary http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Hail. For diameters of less than 5 mm standard names for "graupel" should be used. Standard names for "graupel_and_hail" should be used to describe data produced by models that do not distinguish between hail and graupel.