Dear all,
I just checked the standard_name table on
http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/standard-name-table/11/standard-name-table and couldn't find anything suitable for the following variables which we produce in ECHAM. As I am trying to add standard names to the model output, I am wondering if these could be defined relatively easily. My apologies if they were discussed already - I haven't checked the email archive carfully.
longname = 'air mass in grid box'
proposed standard_name: air_mass units: kg
longname = 'volume of grid box'
proposed standard_name: grid_box_volume units: m3
longname = 'height of grid box'
proposed standard_name: grid_box_height units: m
longname = 'upper tropopause level index'
proposed standard_name: upper_tropopause_level_index units: index
longname = 'lower tropopause level index'note: this is a diagnostic using the WMO criterion. proposed standard_name: lower_tropopause_level_index units: index
Note: The tropopause is not always unequivocally defined in this way, this is why we defined an upper and lower level index. The tropopause height is already defined as "tropopause_altitude", but in units of m.
longname='precipitation formation rate'
proposed standard_name: precipitation_formation_flux units: kg m-2 s-1
or: tendency_of_precipitation_flux_due_to_formation
longname='precipitation evaporation rate'
proposed standard_name: precipitation_evaporation_flux units: kg m-2 s-1
or: tendency_of_precipitation_flux_due_to_evaporation
longname='fraction of gridbox occupied by updrafts'
seems to be defined already as convective_cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer (OK)
Best regards,
Martin Schultz
< Dr. Martin G. Schultz, ICG-2, Forschungszentrum J?lich >
< D-52425 J?lich, Germany >
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Received on Wed Jan 14 2009 - 04:01:47 GMT
