[CF-metadata] CF-1.0 registration of new names for SST

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:00:30 +0100

Dear all

Anyone is welcome/invited to comment on stdname proposals, not only Alison,
and it helps to have more people's minds on the questions.

> Regarding the name itself, the standard name guidelines do not currently define a surface called "foundation", but perhaps we could introduce one if it is a commonly used term for the base of the diurnal thermocline. An alternative approach would be to have a more verbose standard name such as sea_surface_temperature_at_diurnal_thermocline_base which might be clearer. Do you agree?

I like that suggestion.

> > > > SSTsubskin, Sub-skin_SST, sub-skin_sea_surface_temperature, SST at a
> > depth
> > > > of 1-1.5mm as measured by a microwave radiometer operating in the 6-
> > 10GHz
> > > > frequency
> > > > SSTskin, skin_layer_SST, skin_layer_sea_surface_temperature, SST at a
> > depth
> > > > of 10-20um as measureed by an infrared radiometer operating in the
> > > > 3.5-13umfrequency

If the defining characteristic of the skin and subskin layers are their depths,
could we not give them the name of sea_water_temperature, and distinguish them
by their depth coordinate? The bounds of the depth coordinate for the subskin
later are 1.0-1.5 mm, and for the skin layer of 10-20 micrometer. If we do that
we don't need new standard names.

Cheers

Jonathan
Received on Thu Jul 19 2007 - 01:00:30 BST