[CF-metadata] mixing ratio

From: Christiane.Textor at lsce.ipsl.fr <Christiane.Textor>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 15:11:06 +0100 (CET)

Dear Martin, John, and Philip,

     I would like to comment on Martin's remark

> To my knowledge, practically *all* models always refer to dry_air as the
denominator. With *all* I mean all models that don't go above altitudes
of ~80 km.

Actually, the volcanic plume model I have been working with was
referrring to wet air as the water vapor ratio was very high close to the
volcanic vent. Such situations are not common in the atmosphere, but in
special cases, they can be. I would therefore still vote for the use of
ambient and dry as a prefix to air. Or at least include a remark in the
explanations that air=dry_air.

Best regards,
Christiane
Received on Sun Nov 09 2008 - 07:11:06 GMT