[CF-metadata] New standard name request for FAPAR

From: Philip Jones - NOAA Affiliate <philip.jones>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 11:42:37 -0400

Dear All,

I am sending this request on behalf of Martin Claverie (copied). Please
address all questions to him.

Thank you,
Phil

--
I am proposing the following standard name for Fraction of Absorbed
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR), which is a GCOS Essential
Climate Variable (ECV).
standard name:
fraction_of_absorbed_photosynthetically_active_radiation
definition:
The fraction of incoming solar radiation in the photosynthetically active
radiation spectral region that is absorbed by a vegetation canopy.
canonical units:
1
Regards,
Martin Claverie
-- 
Philip R. Jones
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