The original paper uses symbol q to denote the mass of a tracer per volume of air (named mass mixing ratio). In our documentation of the 1-moment and 2-moment schemes we used q to denote the mass of a tracer per mass of air (named specific humidity). To keep the notation consistent between the 1,2-moment schemes and P3, and to highlight the difference between normalizing by air mass or volume, we denote the mass of a tracer per volume of air as L (named content).
The original paper uses symbol
q
to denote the mass of a tracer per volume of air (named mass mixing ratio). In our documentation of the 1-moment and 2-moment schemes we usedq
to denote the mass of a tracer per mass of air (named specific humidity). To keep the notation consistent between the 1,2-moment schemes and P3, and to highlight the difference between normalizing by air mass or volume, we denote the mass of a tracer per volume of air asL
(named content).