[CF-metadata] Proposed standard names for biological model outputs

From: Steve Emmerson <steve>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:35:49 -0700

Roy,

>Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:16:33 +0000
>From: "Roy Lowry" <rkl at bodc.ac.uk>
>To: <cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu>,
>To: <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Proposed standard names for biological model outputs

The above message contained the following:

> I think it's a generation thing. I too was brought up on molarity at
> school and university in the 70s and was introduced to molality much
> later - hence my confusion and avoidance of the words. We need to be
> careful about looking at what pure chemists would use - it's chemical
> oceanographers and atmospheric chemists that count for us. Anyone got
> their finger on the pulse for those communities?

The chemical oceanographers that I knew in graduate school were
extremely familiar with the term "molality". I suspect the same holds
for atmospheric chemists.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson
Received on Mon Dec 04 2006 - 10:35:49 GMT