Dear Jonathan,
I'm not sure what "mean" refers to. I only work with the 2nd moment and peak period model outputs.
sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum sounds good to me.
Regards,
Jenny
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From: cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gregory
Sent: 11 August 2009 09:16
To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
Subject: [CF-metadata] Standard name for peak wave period
Dear Jenny
> Yes I think it would be correct to describe the peak wave period as:
> sea_surface_wave_period_at_maximum_variance_spectral_density
> but I'm not sure if it should be
> sea_surface_wave_period_at_peak_variance_spectral_density
>
> The existing names use "mean" in the standard names for the mean periods so should "peak" not "maximum" be used for the peak Period?
To be honest I am not sure why the existing names say "wave_mean_period" - do
you understand what "mean" means there?
"maximum" is the word used in cell_methods for a peak, so it appeared
consistent to me to use it here. It could be
sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
if you think that would be better - that's actually (even) more consistent
with the phrasing of existing names.
Best wishes
Jonathan
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