Greetings,
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 3:31 AM, Martin Juckes - UKRI STFC <
martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
> We don't want the mass per unit area on snow divided by the mass per unit
> area on the whole grid cell, but rather, as Jonathan has spelled out, the
> mass on snow divided by the mass on the whole grid cell. Hence, I support
> Karl's suggestion of using "mass" in the name, rather than "amount".
>
I believe that's called a "mass fraction". See Table 12 of <
https://www.nist.gov/pml/nist-guide-si-chapter-8-comments-some-quantities-and-their-units
>.
Regards,
Steve Emmerson
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