Hi Francisco,
Just a comment to 2)
volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil already exists as a standard name!
Regards
Burkhardt
cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu schrieb am 16.10.2006 16:38:59:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to ask for the creation of three new standard names:
>
> 1) toa_net_downward_longwave_flux (units W m-2): Although there is no
> downward flux of longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere, this
> name would allow to have a set of consistent names for all the fluxes in
> forecasts carried out by the European coupled models, which consider all
> the fluxes being positive downwards.
>
> 2) volumetric_soil_moisture_content or volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil
> (units m3 m-3): Some soil schemes coupled to atmospheric general
> circulation models use volumetric soil moisture content instead of mass
> or thickness units. This variable would contain the volumetric soil
> moisture integrated from the surface to the bottom of the lowest layer.
>
> 3) isotherm_depth (units m): The depth of the 20C isotherm is a useful
> variable to diagnose, among other things, the variability of the
> tropical upper oceans. However, I haven't been able to find any simple
> way to code this variable using the CF standards.
>
> Best regards,
> Paco
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