[CF-metadata] position of 'expressed as' in chemical constituents

From: Christiane Textor <christiane.textor>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:11:00 +0100

Hello again,

When looking at the CF names defined for chemical constituents
summarized at
http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/LIST_OF_CHEMICAL_SPECIES_AND_AEROSOLS
it seemed to me that it would be more logical to attach the
'expressed_as' to the quality it refers to, e.g.
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nox_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_emission

In some of the accepted standard names this is however not the case,
like for example in
mole_concentration_of_diatoms_in_sea_water_expressed_as_nitrogen
In this case the Medium is squeezed in.

Best regards,
Christiane

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