Hi Adam,
'water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers_and_surface_water_flux' seems a bit of a mouthfull. Could we express the same meaning as 'total_water_flux_into_sea_water' where total is defined as 'water from all inputs'?
Cheers, Roy.
>>> "Blaker A.T." <atb299 at noc.soton.ac.uk> 1/20/2009 11:48 am >>>
Dear all,
I would like to propose some new standard names for ocean fields:-
"barotropic_sea_water_x_velocity" ; (m s-1) "barotropic_sea_water_y_velocity" ; (m s-1)
(same quantities as barotropic_eastward_sea_water_velocity and barotropic_northward_sea_water_velocity, but for use on a non-standard grid)
"ocean_heat_x_transport" ; (w)
"ocean_heat_y_transport" ; (w)
"ocean_salt_x_transport" ; (1e-3 kg s-1)
"ocean_salt_y_transport" ; (1e-3 kg s-1)
(again, same as the existing northward/eastward names, but for non-standard grid)
"mass_x_transport_of_sea_water_due_to_advection" ; (kg s-1) "mass_y_transport_of_sea_water_due_to_advection" ; (kg s-1) "mass_x_transport_of_sea_water_due_to_advection_and_bolus_advection" ; (kg s-1)
"mass_y_transport_of_sea_water_due_to_advection_and_bolus_advection" ; (kg s-1)
(mass transports on a non-standard grid)
"tendency_of_sea_water_temperature" ; (K s-1) "tendency_of_sea_water_salinity" ; (1e-3 s-1)
(the total tendencies of t and s)
"ocean_montgomery_potential" ; (m2 s-2)
(the ocean Montgomery potential)
"water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers_and_surface_water_flux" ; (kg m-2 s-1)
(P-E+runoff, does not include water flux to/from sea_ice )
I welcome any comments on these proposed names.
Adam Blaker
Climate Modeller
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
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