> I had the same gut reaction as you and almost came up with the same response 
> until I read the definition "Content indicates a quantity per unit area" on 
> 369 Standard Names.  So, perhaps Olivier is being consistent and tha handful 
> of 'per_unit_area" Standard Names are not.

I think Olivier is being consistent, but we have synonymous phrases, and in
this case I feel that such freedom is useful! We can't make standard names
completely systematic, because they also have to be reasonably natural English,
I would say. Jonathan
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