[CF-metadata] new standard_names

From: Burkhardt Rockel <Burkhardt.Rockel>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:14:23 +0100

Dear Jonathan,

We have agreed these so far:

   water_potential_evaporation_amount (kg m-2)
   runoff_amount (kg m-2)
   sea_ice_temperature (K)
   surface_geopotential (m2 s-2)
   surface_specific_humidity (1)
   mass_fraction_of_rain_in_air (1)
   mass_fraction_of_snow_in_air (1)
   mass_fraction_of_graupel_in_air (1)
   convective_cloud_base_altitude (m)
   convective_cloud_top_altitude (m)
   atmosphere_surface_drag_coefficient_of_momentum (1)
   atmosphere_surface_drag_coefficient_of_heat (1)
   lwe_thickness_of_frozen_water_content_of_soil_layer (m)
   coriolis_parameter (s-1)
   atmosphere_enthalpy_content (J m-2)
   atmosphere_potential_energy_content (J m-2)
   upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air (W m-2)
   downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air (W m-2)
   upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air (W m-2)
   downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air (W m-2)
   tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_radiative_heating (K s-1)
   convective_cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer (1)
   magnitude_of_surface_downward_stress (Pa)
   duration_of_sunshine (s)
   soil_porosity (1)
   geostrophic_eastward_wind (m s-1)
   geostrophic_northward_wind (m s-1)
   surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_radiative_flux_in_air (W m-2)
   mass_fraction_of_precipitation_in_air (1)
   tendency_of_atmosphere_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_advection (W
m-2)
   tendency_of_atmosphere_potential_energy_content_due_to_advection
(W m-2)
   tendency_of_atmosphere_enthalpy_content_due_to_advection (W m-2)
   model_level_number_at_convective_cloud_base (1)
   model_level_number_at_convective_cloud_top (1)
   model_level_number_at_top_of_atmosphere_boundary_layer (1)
   altitude_at_top_of_dry_convection (m)
   atmosphere_momentum_diffusivity (m2 s-1)
   atmosphere_heat_diffusivity (m2 s-1)
   atmosphere_convective_mass_flux (kg m-2 s-1)
   equivalent_pressure_of_atmosphere_ozone_content (Pa)
   wind_speed_of_gust (m s-1)
   volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_field_capacity (1)
   volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_wilting_point (1)
   difference_of_air_pressure_from_model_reference (Pa)
   soil_type (1) -- with flag_values and flag_meanings attribute
   land_cover (1) -- with flag_values and flag_meanings attribute


just one left


>> air_pressure_at_ozone_maximum Pa
>> If I would use the existing standard name
>> "mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air" and "cell_methods", how does
>> cell_methods look like?
> I would put cell_methods="mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air: maximum".
> This is
> permitted by the last paragraph of CF 7.3; it stretches the current
> convention
> slightly, but it seems to make sense to me. What do you think?
>

I am not sure, do you mean it like this?

         float HMO3(time, lat, lon) ;
                 HMO3:standard_name = "mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air" ;
                 HMO3:cell_methods = "mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air:
maximum" ;
                 HMO3:units = "Pa" ;


Regards
Burkhardt
Received on Mon Nov 14 2005 - 05:14:23 GMT