[CF-metadata] species as species in chemical and aerosol names - "mercury"

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:21:35 +0000

Dear Christiane

> > If I am interpreting the term "expressed_as" correctly, maybe this
> > should be:
> >surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_mercury_dry_aerosol_expressed_as_mercury
>
> when I wrote
> mercury_expressed_as_such_dry_aerosol I was referring to the total
> aerosol mass, not only the mercury contained in it. Is this unclear?

Yes, I find "expressed_as_such_dry_aerosol" to be unclear. Now I understand
what you mean, though. But could you not just say
mercury_dry_aerosol_expressed_as_such?
I suppose that "mercury dry aerosol" is the name of a substance, and then
"expressed_as_such" is saying that you are measuring the mass of that
substance, which contrasts with "expressed_as_mercury", when you are measuring
the mass of mercury it contains.

I wonder if that makes sense to other people.

Best wishes

Jonathan
Received on Sat Nov 11 2006 - 07:21:35 GMT