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

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:37:19 +0100

Dear Heinke

> I have talked to the people who are working with ocean models and
> asked for a definition of SST from the modellers viewpoint.
> They think it doesn't exist. In the modeL world SST is the temperature of
> the first layer or the 'mixed layer' if the mixed layer exists in the model.

That's right. However there is an observational quantity called SST. This
quantity is the temperature of water "near" the surface, at a poorly defined
level, but not the skin temperature.

Cheers

Jonathan
Received on Wed Aug 15 2007 - 08:37:19 BST