[CF-metadata] request CF standard name forchlorophyll-aconcentration in sea water

From: Frederic MELIN <frederic.melin>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:44:52 +0200

Dear all,

Matthias' point is very appropriate.
The name for chlorophyll has been defined for some time, and honestly I
assumed that it was referring to chlorophyll-a.
As Matthias mentions, to be more rigorous (and to be able to distinguish
between chlorophylls (a, b, c1, c2 ...) , introducing
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water is needed (this is a major
pigment and the primary ocean colour remote sensing product).
Best,
frederic


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[mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] De la part de Matthias Lankhorst
Envoy??: lundi 19 avril 2010 19:16
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Objet?: [CF-metadata] request CF standard name for
chlorophyll-aconcentration in sea water

All,

on behalf of the OceanSITES project (www.oceansites.org), I would like to
introduce a new standard name for the chlorophyll-a concentration in sea
water.

I have found an existing standard name for chlorophyll concentration in sea
water, but not explicitly chlorophyll-a. I know that there are measurement
techniques that measure one but not the other, not to mention possible
inclusion of phaeopigments. Hence the need to be more specific.


The existing name is:
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water

I found it on:
http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/standard-name-
table/13/cf-standard-name-table.html


Based on that, I would propose the following new standard name:

mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water

Canonical units would be: kg m-3


Any objections?

Regards, MATT LANKHORST

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