Dear Matthias,
Thank you for your proposal for the new standard name
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water; kg m-3
and thank you to those who provided comments.
There seems to be agreement that there is a need for this name and, as
Jonathan says, it can be introduced alongside the existing more generic
name. Therefore, the name is accepted for inclusion in the standard
name table and it will be added at the next update.
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.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu [mailto:cf-metadata-
> bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gregory
> Sent: 20 April 2010 17:48
> To: Frederic MELIN
> Cc: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] request CF standard nameforchlorophyll-
> aconcentration in sea water
>
> Dear all
>
> > 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).
>
> It would seem fine to me to have standard names both for chlorophyll
> generically (as we have now) and chlorophyll_a etc. specifically as
> required.
> Different applications need different degrees of precision and
standard
> names
> can accommodate this.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jonathan
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