Dear Jonathan and Pierre,
Thank you both for your comments on the CMIP5 carbon cycle names.
Looking back through this thread I think we have resolved all the
outstanding issues and so the following names are now accepted for
inclusion in the standard name table:
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbo
n_due_to_anthropogenic_emission; kg m-2 s-1
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbo
n_due_to_emission_from_fossil_fuel_combustion; kg m-2 s-1
surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_due_to_natural_emission; kg m-2
s-1
atmosphere_mass_of_carbon_dioxide; kg
carbon_content_of_products_of_land_use_change; kg m-2
surface_upward_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_emissio
n_from_fires_excluding_land_use_change; kg m-2 s-1
surface_upward_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_emissio
n_from_grazing; kg m-2 s-1
surface_upward_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_emissio
n_from_crop_harvesting; kg m-2 s-1
surface_net_upward_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_emi
ssion_from_anthropogenic_land_use_change; kg m-2 s-1
surface_net_downward_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_p
hotosynthesis_and_respiration_and_fires_including_land_use_change; kg
m-2 s-1
carbon_flux_into_soil_from_litter; kg m-2 s-1
carbon_flux_into_soil_from_vegetation_excluding_litter; kg m-2 s-1
leaf_carbon_content; kg m-2
wood_carbon_content; kg m-2
root_carbon_content; kg m-2
carbon_content_of_miscellaneous_living_matter; kg m-2 (N.B.
'miscellaneous' means carbon content of living matter apart from those
individually named in the preceding three items)
wood_debris_carbon_content; kg m-2
surface_litter_carbon_content; kg m-2
subsurface_litter_carbon_content; kg m-2
fast_soil_pool_carbon_content; kg m-2
medium_soil_pool_carbon_content; kg m-2
slow_soil_pool_carbon_content; kg m-2
surface_upward_carbon_flux_due_to_plant_respiration_for_biomass_growth;
kg m-2 s-1
surface_upward_carbon_flux_due_to_plant_respiration_for_biomass_maintena
nce; kg m-2 s-1
net_primary_productivity_of_carbon_accumulated_in_leaves; kg m-2 s-1
net_primary_productivity_of_carbon_accumulated_in_wood; kg m-2 s-1
net_primary_productivity_of_carbon_accumulated_in_roots; kg m-2 s-1
surface_net_downward_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_p
hotosynthesis_and_respiration_and_fires_excluding_land_use_change; kg
m-2 s-1.
To cope with the various fractional vegetation coverage quantities we
will use the existing standard name area_fraction and introduce new
entries of primary_evergreen_trees, secondary_deciduous_trees,
secondary_evergreen_trees, C3_plant_functional_types,
C4_plant_functional_types into the area_type 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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