[CF-metadata] mixing ratio

From: Christiane Textor <christiane.textor>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:18:52 +0100

Dear Jonathan,
>
> I think the crucial question is whether at this point you think you need to
> distinguish between ambient-air and dry-air quantities. That is, do you have
> both in your dataset, or do you have applications where it is essential to know
> which kind a quantity was? If you do need to tell them apart, we need distinct
> names for the two kinds. Otherwise, we can be vague for the moment (and just
> say "air" in the names, indicating that it could mean either in the
> definitions); we can introduce distinct names when the need arises.
>

We do not use CF at the moment in the plume model, so for my specific
problem our discussion is not relevant. I was just thinking that a vague
name could lead to problems later, if the variable is used by different
people in different ways.

Best wishes,
Christiane
Received on Tue Nov 11 2008 - 16:18:52 GMT