Dear Alison,
1. ok
2. not yet answered by Alison (see my email from 2006/04/19)
3. unit Pa is ok; why do you suggest 'total' at the beginning of the
standard name?
4. ok
5. yes, I wish to 'describe the range of values that stomatal resistance
may take as a function of vegetation type'
6. ok
7. ok are
tendency_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content_due_to_turbulence:kg m-2 s-1
tendency_of_water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_turbulence:kg
m-2 s-1
Answer from A.Ruane: "Convection is by definition unstable, so stable
convection is not
proper (my apologies if there was confusion). Stable_moistening or
non_convective_moistening make more sense (let's go with
non_convective_moistening) because this covers situations where moistening
occurs without convection present (for example, condensation resulting
from longwave cooling)."
New proposals could be:
tendency_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content_due_to_non_convective_moistening:
kg m-2 s-1
tendency_of_water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer_
due_to_non_convective_moistening: kg m-2 s-1
8.
change_in_atmosphere_energy_content_due_to_change_in_sigma_coordinate_with_surface_pressure:
J m-2
change_in_energy_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_change_in_sigma_coordinate_with_surface_pressure:
J m-2
or
change_in_atmosphere_energy_content_due_to_change_in_sigma_coordinate_wrt_surface_pressure:
J m-2
change_in_energy_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_change_in_sigma_coordinate_wrt_surface_pressure:
J m-2
are ok
9.
subsurface runoff in hydrology is divided in two parts: interflow
(relative fast response to precipitation) and baseflow
this page could help to clarify:
http://www.usace.army.mil/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-1417/c-8.pdf
10.
ok are
atmosphere_rate_of_absorption_of_net_shortwave|longwave_energy: W m-2
rate_of_absorption_of_net_shortwave|longwave_energy_in_atmosphere_layer: W
m-2
answer from A.Ruane: "I believe I cleared up the convection/condensation
questions
above, but maybe we should indicate that it is latent energy that is being
released."
new proposals could be:
rate_of_atmosphere_latent_energy_released_by_deep_convection: W m-2
rate_of_latent_energy_in_atmosphere_layer_released_by_deep_convection: W
m-2
rate_of_atmosphere_latent_energy_released_by_shallow_convection: W m-2
rate_of_latent_energy_in_atmosphere_layer_released_by_shallow_convection:
W m-2
rate_of_atmosphere_latent_energy_released_by_non_convective_moistening: W
m-2
rate_of_latent_energy_in_atmosphere_layer_released_by_non_convective_moistening:
W m-2
11. yes, no single quantities
ok is horizontal_atmosphere_energy_transport:W m-2
instead of horizontal_energy_transport_in_air:W m-2
we would prefer
horizontal_energy_transport_in_atmosphere_layer:W m-2
for consistency we should take
horizontal_atmosphere_dry_energy_transport:W m-2
horizontal_dry_energy_transport_in_atmosphere_layer:W m-2
12. dry energy is meant, so they should be
eastward_dry_energy_flux_in_air; W m-1
upward_dry_energy_flux_in_air; W m-1
northward_dry_energy_flux_in_air; W m-1
13. as in 12. dry energy is meant; new proposal would be:
tendency_of_atmosphere_dry_energy_content
14. ok
15. ok
16. definition of critical point comes from hydrology it is something like
wilting point, I'll search for appropriate literature
Thanks for your work,
Beate
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