[CF-metadata] Standard name table update

From: Pamment, JA <J.A.Pamment>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 13:53:52 +0100

Dear All

An update of the standard name table was planned for today, 8th May.
Unfortunately, I have got rather behind in finalising the list of
changes for this update. Rather than rush to make the changes today
I would prefer to allow some time for everyone to look at the list
and raise any last minute objections. Therefore, unless any
objections are received, these changes will go into the standard
name table in one week's time, i.e., Tuesday 15th May.

Best wishes
Alison

New names to be added:

- Aerosol and chemistry names (proposed by Christiane Textor)
mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_carbon_monoxide_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_nitrogen_monoxide_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_nitrogen_dioxide_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_nitric_acid_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_peroxyacetyl_nitrate_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_hydroxyl_radical_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_dimethyl_sulfide_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_sulfur_dioxide_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_hexachlorbiphenyl_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_alpha_hexachlorocyclohexane_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_mercury_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_divalent_mercury_in_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_anthropogenic_non_methane_volatile_organic_compounds_in
_air; 1
mole_fraction_of_biogenic_non_methane_volatile_organic_compounds_in_air;
1
mole_fraction_of_dimethyl_sulfide_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_pm10_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_pm1_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_nitrate_dry_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air;
1
mass_fraction_of_secondary_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_dust_dry_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_mercury_dry_aerosol_in_air; 1
mass_fraction_of_water_in_ambient_aerosol_in_air; 1

- Names for CEOP-II model output (proposed by Takuya Sakashita and
Masayuki Hirai)
canopy_temperature; K
surface_brightness_temperature; K
tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_large_scale_precipitation; s-1
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_cloud_condensed_water_in_air; s-1
mass_concentration_of_condensed_water_in_soil; kg m-3
volume_fraction_of_condensed_water_in_soil_pores; 1

- Biological model output names (proposed by Michael Godin)
mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_in_sea_water_expressed_as_nitroge
n; mol m-3
mole_concentration_of_organic_detritus_in_sea_water_expressed_as_silicon
; mol m-3
mole_concentration_of_diatoms_in_sea_water_expressed_as_nitrogen; mol
m-3
mole_concentration_of_mesozooplankton_in_sea_water_expressed_as_nitrogen
; mol m-3
mole_concentration_of_microzooplankton_in_sea_water_expressed_as_nitroge
n; mol m-3
mole_concentration_of_phytoplankton_in_sea_water_expressed_as_nitrogen;
mol m-3
mole_concentration_of_ammonium_in_sea_water; mol m-3
mole_concentration_of_nitrate_in_sea_water; mol m-3
mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water; mol m-3

New aliases to be added: (proposed by Jonathan Gregory)

For consistency with the new CEOP-II model name of
volume_fraction_of_condensed_water_in_soil_pores all the existing
"volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil..." names will be changed to use
the wording: "volume_fraction_of_condensed_water_in_soil..." and
aliases to the old names will be added. This will affect four
names.

Alias to be removed: (proposed by Roy Lowry)

Currently there are two names,
surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
and
surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky,
both of which are aliased to the older name of
surface_downwelling_longwave_flux. This is deemed to be an error
in the standard name table and may lead to confusion, for example,
in Roy's work on ontology building. Therefore, the alias will be
removed from
surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky.

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Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065
NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Fax: +44 1235 446314
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Email: J.A.Pamment at rl.ac.uk
Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.
Received on Tue May 08 2007 - 06:53:52 BST