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[CF-metadata] new named fields for ocean

From: Stephen Griffies <Stephen.Griffies>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:15:04 -0500

Dear All,

I present here a list of new names for fields relevant to the ocean.
These fields are a subset of those proposed for the upcoming global
climate model comparison project CMIP5, which is a project that feeds
into the IPCC process. A report that fully defines these fields can be
downloaded from (please look near the top of the web page)

http://www.clivar.org/organization/wgomd/wgomd_publications.php

I ask for your input on these names, with hopes of adding them to the
CF list.

Sincerely,
Stephen.Griffies at noaa.gov
NOAA/GFDL
co-chair of CLIVAR Working Group for Ocean Model Development

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Stephen M. Griffies                    phone: +1-609-452-6672
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory  FAX:   +1-609-987-5063
Princeton Forrestal Campus Rte. 1      email: stephen.griffies at noaa.gov
201 Forrestal Road                     http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~smg
Princeton, NJ 08542-0308  USA
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CONSTANTS
reference_sea_water_density_for_boussinesq_approximation      kg/m3
SCALAR FIELDS
sea_water_mass                                            kg
sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor                           Pa
sea_water_pressure_at_sea_water_surface                   Pa
sea_water_volume                                          m3
square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid                  m2
global_average_steric_sea_level_change                    m
cell_mass_per_area                                        kg/m2
cell_thickness                                            m
square_of_sea_surface_temperature                         K2
sea_water_age_since_surface_contact                       year
moles_of_cfc11_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water                 mole/kg
square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t  m2
MASS AND HEAT TRANSPORT
square_of_upward_ocean_mass_transport                                   
(kg/s)2
ocean_mass_x_transport                                                   
kg/s
ocean_mass_y_transport                                                   
kg/s
ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction                         
kg/s
ocean_y_overturning_mass_streamfunction                                  
kg/s
ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection  
kg/s
ocean_y_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection           
kg/s
sea_water_transport_across_line                                          
kg/s 
ocean_heat_x_transport                                                   
Watt
ocean_heat_y_transport                                                   
Watt
ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection                            
Watt
ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion                                  
Watt 
ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection                            
Watt
ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_diffusion                                  
Watt
REGIONS: This list is of new values that can be taken by a variable
with the CF standard_name of "region".
  barents_opening
  bering_strait
  denmark_strait
  drake_passage
  english_channel
  equatorial_undercurrent
  faroe_scotland_channel
  florida_strait
  fram_strait
  iceland_faroe_channel
  indonesian_throughflow
  mozambique_channel
  scotland_iceland_channel
  taiwan_and_luzon_straits
  windward_passage
BOUNDARY MASS FLUXES
rainfall_flux                                            kg/(m2 s)
snowfall_flux                                            kg/(m2 s)
water_evaporation_flux                                   kg/(m2 s)
water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers                    kg/(m2 s)
water_flux_into_sea_water_from_icebergs                  kg/(m2 s)
water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics  kg/(m2 s)
water_flux_into_sea_water                                kg/(m2 s) 
water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction        kg/(m2 s) 
BOUNDARY SALT FLUXES
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall                   
kg/(m2 s)  
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation                
kg/(m2 s)  
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rivers                     
kg/(m2 s)   
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics     
kg/(m2 s)  
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water                                   
kg/(m2 s)  
virtual_salt_flux_correction                                       
kg/(m2 s)   
downward_sea_ice_basal_salt_flux                                   
kg/(m2 s)  
salt_flux_from_rivers_into_sea_water                               
kg/(m2 s) 
BOUNDARY HEAT FLUXES
upward_geothermal_heat_flux_at_sea_floor                              W/m2
rainfall_temperature_flux_expressed_as_heat_flux                      W/m2
evaporation_temperature_flux_expressed_as_heat_flux                   W/m2
temperature_flux_into_sea_water_from_runoff_expressed_as_heat_flux    W/m2
heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics                W/m2
heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_icebergs                              W/m2
surface_net_downward_longwave_flux                                    W/m2
surface_downward_latent_heat_flux                                     W/m2
surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux                                   W/m2
surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux                                   W/m2
downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_sea_water                               W/m2
heat_flux_correction                                                  W/m2
BOUNDARY MOMENTUM FLUXES
surface_downward_x_stress                 N/m2
surface_downward_y_stress                 N/m2
surface_downward_x_stress_correction      N/m2
surface_downward_y_stress_correction      N/m2
VERTICAL SUBGRID SCALE FIELDS
ocean_vertical_heat_diffusivity                                          
m2/s
ocean_vertical_salt_diffusivity                                          
m2/s
ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_background                      
m2/s
ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_tides                           
m2/s
tendency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content_due_to_tides                  
W/m2
tendency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content_due_to_background             
W/m2
ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity                                      
m2/s
ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_background                    
m2/s
ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_tides                         
m2/s
ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_form_drag                     
m2/s
ocean_kinetic_energy_dissipation_per_unit_area_due_to_vertical_friction  
W/m2
LATERAL SUBGRID SCALE FIELDS
ocean_tracer_bolus_laplacian_diffusivity                              m2/s
ocean_tracer_bolus_biharmonic_diffusivity                             m2/s
ocean_tracer_epineutral_laplacian_diffusivity                         m2/s
ocean_tracer_epineutral_biharmonic_diffusivity                        m2/s
ocean_tracer_xy_laplacian_diffusivity                                 m2/s
ocean_tracer_xy_biharmonic_diffusivity                                m4/s
tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_bolus_transport  W/m2
ocean_momentum_xy_laplacian_diffusivity                               
m2/s 
ocean_momentum_xy_biharmonic_diffusivity                              m4/s
ocean_kinetic_energy_dissipation_per_unit_area_due_to_xy_friction     W/m2
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