[CF-metadata] rainfall

[Latham, SE (Sue)]

Hi,
Following your discussion on precipitation and rainfall:-

>> 3. Jonathan, I note that we have precipitation and snowfall amount, 
>> but
>> not rainfall amount.  I guess it's the difference between precip. and 
>> snowfall.  I think (in the standard name table) our "help" comments 
>> should indicate that precipitation amount, rate, etc. includes all forms 
>> of precipitation, just to make sure that no one stores rainfall under 
>> precipitation.  Do you think this is a good idea?
>
>Yes. I will note that we should add that remark. We should also include
rainfall_amount anyway.
>
>Cheers
>Jonathan

Could you clarify something for me please. If I have a variable called
'rainfall in period' with units of mm, would the CF standard term now be
lwe_thickness_of_rainfall_amount with canonical units of 'm'?


Regards,
Sue Latham
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