[CF-metadata] wrong description for runoff_flux

From: Paola Petrelli <paolap>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:12:49 -0000

Hi,

I'm not sure if this the right place to post this,
I'm getting this description for runoff_flux in the html standard name
table

The geoid is a surface of constant geopotential with which mean sea
level would coincide if the ocean were at rest. (The volume enclosed
between the geoid and the sea floor equals the mean volume of water in
the ocean.) In an ocean GCM the geoid is the surface of zero depth, or
the rigid lid if the model uses that approximation. "Sea surface height"
is a time-varying quantity. By definition of the geoid, the global
average of the time-mean sea surface height (i.e. mean sea level) above
the geoid must be zero. The standard name for the height of the sea
surface above mean sea level is sea_surface_height_above_sea_level. The
standard name for the height of the sea surface above the reference
ellipsoid is sea_surface_height_above_reference_ellipsoid.

regards,

Paola Petrelli
TPAC-UTAS
Received on Thu Apr 14 2011 - 17:12:49 BST