Apologies,
I'd misread your explanation as the term including flux from sea ice.
Cheers, Roy.
>>> "Blaker A.T." <atb299 at noc.soton.ac.uk> 1/21/2009 1:25 pm >>>
Hi Roy,
There already exists a standard name 'water_flux_into_sea_water' which is effectively water from all inputs. My proposed name only includes the P-E and the runoff from rivers. It does not include the effects of sea ice or any flux corrections. I think in this case, and comparing with other similar existing names relating to water fluxes, it is better to be explicit about what is included and what is not included.
Cheers,
Adam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Lowry [mailto:rkl at bodc.ac.uk]
> Sent: 21 January 2009 12:29
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu; Blaker A.T.
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Some new standard names for ocean model fields
>
> 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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