Hi,
It appears that the wrong email address for the CF list was used for some
of the emails in the conversation below. Hence, I am forwarding the
final email for the record.
Best wishes,
Philip
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Dr Philip Cameron-Smith Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division
pjc at llnl.gov Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
+1 925 4236634 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA94550, USA
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:15:39
From: Keith Lindsay <klindsay at ucar.edu>
To: Philip J. Cameronsmith1 <cameronsmith1 at llnl.gov>
Cc: John.Dunne at noaa.gov, Ernst Maier-Reimer <ernst.maier-reimer at zmaw.de>,
Corinne Le Quere <C.Lequere at uea.ac.uk>,
Bruce Hackett <bruce.hackett at met.no>,
Thomas LOUBRIEU <Thomas.Loubrieu at ifremer.fr>,
Laurent Bopp <laurent.bopp at lsce.ipsl.fr>,
Pierre Friedlingstein <pierre.friedlingstein at lsce.ipsl.fr>,
James Orr <J.Orr at iaea.org>, Laurence Crosnier <lcrosnier at mercator-ocean.fr>,
Chris Jones <chris.d.jones at metoffice.gov.uk>, cf-metadata at ucar.edu,
Karl Taylor <taylor13 at llnl.gov>, Yann BARZIC <Yann.Barzic at ifremer.fr>
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] BGC output for CMIP5 simulations
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Philip J. Cameronsmith1 wrote:
> Hi Keith, et al.
>
> By no3 I assume you mean the negatively charged nitrate ion (NO3-). In which
> case I recommend using 'nitrate' in the standard name instead of 'no3'. This
> will then be consistent with existing standard names, and avoid confusion
> with the uncharged nitrate radical (NO3).
>
> In looking at the standard name table I think it would also be more
> consistent to use _due_to_ instead of _from_. The latter is mainly used for
> physical directions, eg _into_sea_water_from_rivers, while the former is
> mainly used when when the quantity is changing _due_to_ another process, eg
> tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_shortwave_heating.
>
> Hence, I suggest you consider the following:
>
> net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_due_to_nitrate
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Philip
>
Philip,
Thanks for the feedback. Your comments are on target. I propose going with your
standard name.
Keith
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