[CF-metadata] Standard Name Query

From: Pamment, JA <J.A.Pamment>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:22:22 +0100

Dear Jonathan and Roy,

thanks for pointing this out. We can delete the alias
surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky = surface_downwelling_longwave_flux
from the table. Does this need doing urgently? I plan to update the table again on 8th May,
but I can make this small change sooner if necessary. It might take a day or two as I would
need to ask Kyle to add the change to the website.

Best wishes,
Alison

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Gregory on behalf of Jonathan Gregory
Sent: Mon 16/04/2007 16:39
To: Pamment, JA (Alison)
Cc: rkl at bodc.ac.uk
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Standard Name Query
 
Dear Alison

Roy noticed that surface_downwelling_longwave_flux is aliased to two standard
names. I think I must have made a mistake there. Could we delete one, please?
(See below)

Best wishes

Jonathan


> Jonathan,
>
> Yes, that would work just as well.
>
> Cheers, Roy.
>
> >>> Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk> 4/16/2007 4:09 pm >>>
> Dear Roy
>
> The "in_air" names are the up-to-date ones. The aliases are there to support
> superseded names by translating them into current ones, but when we add a new
> name we wouldn't create an "obsolete" one to go with in, to match old ones.
>
> But I agree that we shouldn't have two translations for an old name. I would
> say that this alias
> > surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky = surface_downwelling_longwave_flux
> should be deleted. Would that solve the problem?
>
> Thanks for pointing it out. Cheers
>
> Jonathan
Received on Mon Apr 16 2007 - 17:22:22 BST