[CF-metadata] proposals for new standard names (ECMWF-GCM)

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:54:16 +0100

Dear Beate

> downward_net_heat_flux_at_ground_level_where_snow
> * net flux, (downward positive): "downward_net"
> * only for the part of gridbox where snow: "where_snow"
> * not "in_soil" or "in_snow" but the interface itself

I would suggest omitting where_snow because ticket 17 proposes to put that
information in cell_methods. I believe that discussion is successfully
concluded, but it is awaiting moderation.

> atmosphere_eastward_stress_due_to_diffusion
> atmosphere_northward_stress_due_to_diffusion

These are consistent with existing names. Is that the stress experienced by
the whole atmosphere, or by a particular layer? If it's in Pa, I think it
must be a vertical integral of some kind, mustn't it? An intensive quantity
in the vertical would be in N m-3 or N kg-1=m s-2, not in Pa=N m-2. If it
applies to a layer rather than the whole atmos, it should probably have
in_atmosphere_layer like quite a lot of other names do.

Best wishes

Jonathan
Received on Thu May 01 2008 - 09:54:16 BST