Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC)
Author: Yuling Wu

We are updating our micro-wave remote sensing products with the new version of  
CF conventions at our data center and we have a few physical variables we 
couldn't find in the existing Standard Names list (Version 72). As we think 
these variables are quite commonly used both in modeling and observation in 
meteorology (in microphysics particularly) we'd like to propose the addition of 
these variables to the Standard Names list.  

**-Term**: lwe_frozen_precipitation_rate
**-Description**: "Frozen Precipitation" in the earth's atmosphere means 
precipitation of water in frozen phase only. The abbreviation "lwe" means 
liquid water equivalent.
**-Canonical Units**: m s-1  

**-Term**: atmosphere_rain_water_content
**-Description**: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The term 
"rain_water" is referred to "rain droplet" in contrast to "cloud liquid water" 
to "cloud droplet". 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.
**-Canonical Units**: kg m-2  

**-Term**: vegetation_roughtness_length
**-Description**: "Vegetation roughness" in fluid dynamics means the surface 
roughness caused by vegetation in impeding the flow.
**-Canonical Units**: m  

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