Hi Alison,
Thanks for your email.
I am not an expert on ecosystems, and so will defer to those who are.
I had assumed that the variable was for carbon production CAUSED by
nitrate through some process, in which case _due_to_ seemed to me to be
appropriate.
Going back to your spreadsheet, I see that the description for
net_new_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon was 'Vertically integrated
primary (organic carbon) production by phytoplankton based on NO3 alone'.
So now I'm not so sure, and need guidance from an expert.
Is this quantity just being calculated using nitrate as a proxy data
source, or is it production caused by nitrate?
BTW, we might consider replacing NO3 and NH4 in the description with
'nitrate' and 'ammonium', or 'NO3-' and 'NH4+', or making it unambiguous
in some other way, that these are ions and not radicals. Admittedly, this
is probably obvious to most people with some familiarity with the
chemistry or biology, but we might as well be precise.
Best wishes,
Philip
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
> Dear Philip,
>
> Thanks very much for forwarding these emails to the list and sorry for
> not picking up on this thread sooner.
>
> The standard names
> tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_a
> s_carbon_in_sea_water_due_to_net_new_primary_production; mol m-3 s-1
> net_new_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon; mol m-2 s-1
> were accepted after discussion in the 'CMIP5 ocean biogeochemistry
> standard names' thread.
>
> However, the name
> net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_due_to_nitrate
> is now being proposed for the second quantity because there is some
> confusion as to the precise meaning of 'new' production.
>
> As the accepted names have not yet been added to the standard name table
> I think we could change them provided everyone agrees. Both names should
> be changed to be consistent with one another. The phrase 'due_to' is
> reserved in standard names for describing a process, e.g.
> 'due_to_convection', so 'due_to_nitrate' doesn't really fit that
> pattern. Would
> net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_from_nutrients_containing_nitrat
> e
> or just
> net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_from_nitrate_nutrients
> be an accurate description?
>
> The first name could then be changed to
> tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_a
> s_carbon_in_sea_water_due_to_net_primary_production_from_{nutrients_cont
> aining_nitrate}|{nitrate_nutrients}.
>
> Perhaps John Dunne could also comment on these ideas.
>
> Best wishes,
> Alison
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu [mailto:cf-metadata-
>> bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Philip J. Cameronsmith1
>> Sent: 22 April 2010 00:05
>> To: CF-metadata email list
>> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] BGC output for CMIP5 simulations (fwd)
>>
>>
>> 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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>> pjc at llnl.gov Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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>> USA
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>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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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