Vocabulary
Climate and Forecast Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P38/current/ |
|---|---|
| Description | Terms used by the CF community to describe the data coverage over the vertical (z) co-ordinate. This is used to describe the Earth Realm in the CF Standard Name semantic model. |
| Creator | Climate and Forecast Standard Names Committee |
| Modified | 2015-02-19 |
| Version Info | 1 |
| Identifier | P38 |
| Register Manager | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Register Owner | Climate and Forecast Standard Names Committee |
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| ID ↑ | Preferred Label ↑ | Definition ↑ | Date ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| atmosphere | atmosphere | The vertical region between the surface of the Earth and the top of the atmosphere. | 2015-02-18 |
| atmosphere_boundary_layer | atmosphere_boundary_layer | The (atmosphere) planetary boundary layer. | 2015-02-18 |
| atmosphere_layer | atmosphere_layer | Layer means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. | 2015-02-18 |
| bedrock | bedrock | Bedrock is the solid Earth surface beneath land ice or ocean water. | 2015-02-18 |
| canopy | canopy | Canopy means the plant or vegetation canopy. | 2015-02-18 |
| cloud_base | cloud_base | The base of the lowest cloud. | 2015-02-18 |
| cloud_top | cloud_top | The top of the highest cloud. | 2015-02-18 |
| convective_cloud_base | convective_cloud_base | The base of the lowest convective cloud. | 2015-02-18 |
| convective_cloud_top | convective_cloud_top | The top of the highest convective cloud. | 2015-02-18 |
| equilibrium_line | equilibrium_line | The equilibrium line is the locus of points on a land ice surface at which ice accumulation balances ice ablation over the year. | 2015-02-18 |
| freezing_level | freezing_level | The vertical location of the zero degrees Celsius isotherm. | 2015-02-18 |
| geoid | geoid | The geoid is a surface of constant geopotential with which mean sea level would coincide if the ocean were at rest. | 2015-02-18 |
| ionosphere | ionosphere | The vertical region of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar and cosmic radiation, usually at an altitude of between 75 and 1000 km above the surface of the Earth. | 2015-02-18 |
| middle_atmosphere | middle_atmosphere | The vertical region comprising the troposphere and the stratosphere together. | 2015-02-18 |
| ocean | ocean | The vertical region between the sea surface and the sea floor. | 2015-02-18 |
| ocean_layer | ocean_layer | Layer"" means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. | 2015-02-18 |
| ocean_mixed_layer | ocean_mixed_layer | The ocean mixed layer is the upper part of the ocean, regarded as being well-mixed. | 2015-02-18 |
| ocean_rigid_lid | ocean_rigid_lid | The upper surface of an ocean model, assuming that it is bounded above by a rigid lid. | 2015-02-18 |
| permafrost_layer | permafrost_layer | Permafrost is soil or rock that has remained at a temperature at or below zero degrees Celsius throughout the seasonal cycle for two or more years. | 2015-02-18 |
| reference_ellipsoid | reference_ellipsoid | A reference ellipsoid is a regular mathematical figure that approximates the irregular shape of the geoid. A number of reference ellipsoids are defined for use in the field of geodesy. | 2015-02-18 |
| sea_floor | sea_floor | The lower boundary of the ocean. | 2015-02-18 |
| sea_level | sea_level | sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. | 2015-02-18 |
| soil_layer | soil_layer | Layer means any layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. Quantities defined for a soil layer must have a vertical coordinate variable with boundaries indicating the extent of the layer(s). | 2015-02-18 |
| stratosphere | stratosphere | The vertical region between the tropopause and the stratopause. | 2015-02-18 |
| surface | surface | The lower boundary of the atmosphere. | 2015-02-18 |
| toa | toa | Abbreviation for top of atmosphere. | 2015-02-18 |
| tropopause | tropopause | The upper boundary of the troposphere. | 2015-02-18 |
| troposphere | troposphere | The vertical region between the surface of the Earth and the tropopause. | 2015-02-18 |
