[CF-metadata] new standard names proposal for CEOP-II model ouput

From: sakashita at met.kishou.go.jp <sakashita>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:33:55 +0900

Dear CF-metadata,

I am Takuya Sakashita in Japan Meteorological Agency and am charged with
CEOP-II model output location time series (MOLTS).
Now, I (in discussion with Beate Gayer) would like to propose new standard
names for CEOP-II MOLTS outputs as follows:

#standard name, long name, units
canopy_temperature, Temperature of canopy, K
surface_brightness_temperature, Brightness temperature at surface, K
volume_fraction_of_condensed_water_in_soil_pore, Soil wetness, 1
condensed_water_per_unit_volume_in_soil, Condensed water in unit volume of
soil, kg m-3
tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_large_scale_precipitation, Tendency of
specific humidity due to large scale precipitation, s-1
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_cloud_condensed_water_in_air, Tendency of mass
fraction of cloud condensed water, s-1

"canopy_temperature" indicates the bulk temperature of the canopy. Canopy
means the plant or vegetation.

"surface_brightness_temperature" indicates the brightness temperature of
surface. Surface means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.

"volume_fraction_of_condensed_water_in_soil_pore" indicates the volume
ratio of
soil condensed water (liquid and ice) to porosity of the the soil.

"condensed_water_per_unit_volume_in_soil" indicates the amount of condensed
water (liquid and ice)
contained in unit volume of soil (not content in soil layer but amount per
unit volume).

The standard name "tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_convection" already
exists.
"tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_large_scale_precipitation" indicates
one term (large scale precipitation) of derivative of specific humidity
with respect to time.

The standard name
"tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_cloud_condensed_water_in_air_due_to_advection"
 already exists.
"tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_cloud_condensed_water_in_air" indicates
derivative of
mass fraction of cloud condensed water with respect to time not only by
advection but sum of all terms.

Thanks for your help.

Best Regards,
Takuya Sakashita
Numerical prediction division
Japan Meteorological Agency
Received on Mon Dec 11 2006 - 22:33:55 GMT