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OAS datatype Detail for PRECIPITATION
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| Term: | PRECIPITATION |
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| Definition: | Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from clouds and reach the ground.
Related GCMD Science Keywords: Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Anomalies Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Rate |
| Citation: | Glossary of Weather and Climate, American Meteorological Society, 1996. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2000-10-18 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2008-12-17 22:52:36+00 |