[CF-metadata] Fwd: RE: Standard name for peak wave period

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:35:59 +0100

Dear Roy

> I think the "mean" comes from the world of observations. Wave data are acquired with kit that takes multiple measurements so any parameterisation is subject to variance.
>
> However, I have only ever seen means used and I have seen a great deal of inconsistency in whether the fact that the numbers are averages is labelled explicitly or not.

Ah right, I see. In that case I think we could omit it from the stdname, as
it's an aspect of measurement technique rather than a definition of the
geophysical quantity.

Thanks. Cheers

Jonathan
Received on Tue Aug 11 2009 - 09:35:59 BST