Dear Jeff,
No further comments have been received regarding the water column name
so it is now accepted for inclusion in the standard name table.
>
> Thank you for your standard name proposal for water column height and
> thanks to all who have contributed comments to this discussion. The
> consensus view seems to be that
> > sea_floor_depth_below_sea_surface
> is an acceptable name for this quantity and that it is consistent with
> the existing standard name sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level. The
> canonical units will be metres (m). Roy has suggested the following
> definition:
> > 'The vertical distance between the sea surface and the seabed as
> measured at a given point
> > in space including the variance caused by tides and possibly waves.'
>
> If no further comments on this name or its definition are received
over
> the next seven days then they will be accepted in their present form
> for
> inclusion in the standard name table.
>
Best wishes,
Alison
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Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065
NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Fax: +44 1235 446314
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Email: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.
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