Sounds like a good idea to me.
Philip
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Dr Philip Cameron-Smith, pjc at llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
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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 Bruno PIGUET
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 6:53 AM
> To: cf-metadata
> Subject: [CF-metadata] Explanation of
> mass_concentration_of_water_vapor_in_air ?
>
> Dear all,
>
> Is it possible to make suggestion for the small text describing the
> names in the CF standard name table ?
>
> I yes, I would suggest to modify the text describing
> mass_concentration_of_water_vapor_in_air.
> The beginning of the sentence is clear, and anybody is able to
> understand it ("Mass concentration means mass per unit volume"). But I
> think that it may be a valuable addition to write that : "the usual
> name of this quantity in Atmospheric Sciences in absolute humidity". I
> believe that this would help people searching the standard name table.
>
> Bruno.
>
> References to this definition, if needed :
> 1) WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION, INSTRUMENTS AND OBSERVING METHODS
> REPORT No. 86 TRAINING MATERIAL ON METROLOGY AND CALIBRATION
> http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/IMOP/publications/IOM-19-Synoptic-
> AWS.pdf
> 2)
> http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/glossary/absolute_humidity.html
>
>
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>
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