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variable group > trace gas variables > formaldehyde total column molecular content

PREFERRED TERM

formaldehyde total column molecular content

DEFINITION

"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. 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. The construction "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X above a unit area. The chemical formula for formaldehyde is CH2O. Formaldehyde is a member of the group of aldehydes. The IUPAC name for formaldehyde is methanal.

BROADER CONCEPT

trace gas variables

ENTRY TERMS

formaldehyde total column

CREATOR

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-2851

CONSTRAINT

total

CONTEXT OBJECT

atmospheric column

OBSERVATION MATRIX

gas phase

OBJECT OF INTEREST

formaldehyde

OBSERVED PROPERTY

column molecular content

URI

https://vocabulary.actris.nilu.no/actris_vocab/formaldehydetotalcolumnmolecularcontent

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