Hi Alison,
Just wondering, why are the first two variables below named as
"tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of..."
while all others are named as "surface_upward_mass_flux_of_ ..."
Any reason ?
I know the "tendency..." is used for other chemical species... But here
for CO2 variables, I think intra-consistency should
be favoured. No ?
Best
Pierre
On 21/09/2010 13:40, alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
> 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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>
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