Dear All,
The standard name table has been updated as previously notified. The current version is now Version 18, dated 22 July 2011.
I have added some brief text about canonical units and Udunits to the top of the html page
http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/standard-name-table/18/cf-standard-name-table.html. This is in response to the fairly common enquiries and emails that I receive along the lines of "why can't I have my temperatures in degrees Celsius?" I hope the text will make it easier for new CF users to find and understand the conventions regarding units. Comments on how it could be improved are welcome.
I will be on leave now for two weeks (July 25 - August 5 inclusive).
Best wishes,
Alison
>
> On 7/21/11 10:13 AM, alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > The standard name table will be updated tomorrow with new names and
> aliases that have been agreed over recent months. Details of the
> planned changes are given below.
> >
> > The update will be performed with the CEDA vocabulary editor. The
> changes will be submitted to the NERC vocabulary server today and
> should be published overnight. Tomorrow I will update the xml and html
> versions of the standard name table on the CF website. In this way the
> date and version information in the two locations will be kept
> synchronised. I will post again when the update is complete.
> >
> > Apologies for not giving the usual week's notice of this update, but
> I will be on leave for two weeks between 25 July and 5 August and I
> wanted to get as many agreed names as possible into the table before
> then. At the end of this email is a link to the "current status" page
> of the vocabulary editor. The page shows entries for all the names that
> are included in this update plus some more that are still under
> discussion. There are some mailing list threads for which entries have
> not yet been added to the editor, e.g. Martin Schultz's emission names
> and some sea surface wave names dating back to 2010. I will complete
> the task of creating entries for all open standard names discussions
> when I return from leave.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Alison
> > ---
> >
> > 1. New names
> >
> > a. Iceberg concentration name. Proposed by Olivier Lauret.
> >
> > number_of_icebergs_per_unit_area; m-2
> >
> > b. Sea water property changes over time. Proposed by Paul Durack.
> >
> > change_over_time_in_sea_water_neutral_density; kg m-3
> > sea_water_neutral_density; kg m-3
> > change_over_time_in_sea_water_potential_density; kg m-3
> > change_over_time_in_sea_water_density; kg m-3
> > change_over_time_in_sea_water_potential_temperature; K
> > change_over_time_in_sea_water_temperature; K
> > change_over_time_in_sea_water_salinity; 1e-3
> >
> > c. Martian climate model data. Proposed by Alison Pamment on behalf
> of Luca Montabone.
> >
> > atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_dust_dry_aerosol; 1
> > surface_frozen_carbon_dioxide_amount; kg m-2
> >
> > d. Ice sheet mass balance names. Proposed by Jonathan Gregory.
> > surface_snow_and_ice_refreezing_flux; kg m-2 s-1
> > surface_snow_and_ice_melt_flux; kg m-2 s-1
> >
> > e. MSG names. Proposed by Maarten Plieger.
> > thickness_of_liquid_water_cloud; m
> > platform_zenith_angle; degree
> >
> > f. CMIP5 coordinate variable. Proposed by Karl Taylor.
> > depth_below_geoid; m
> >
> > 2. Aliases for existing names
> >
> > a. Standardization of all mass_content names. Proposed by Alison
> Pamment.
> >
> > water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer becomes
> mass_content_of_water_vapor_in_atmosphere_layer
> > water_content_of_atmosphere_layer becomes
> mass_content_of_water_in_atmosphere_layer
> >
> > tendency_of_water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_turbulence
> becomes
> tendency_of_mass_content_of_water_vapor_in_atmosphere_layer_due_to_turb
> ulence
> >
> >
> tendency_of_water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_shallow_conv
> ection becomes
> tendency_of_mass_content_of_water_vapor_in_atmosphere_layer_due_to_shal
> low_convection
> >
> >
> tendency_of_water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_deep_convect
> ion becomes
> tendency_of_mass_content_of_water_vapor_in_atmosphere_layer_due_to_deep
> _convection
> >
> > tendency_of_water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_convection
> becomes
> tendency_of_mass_content_of_water_vapor_in_atmosphere_layer_due_to_conv
> ection
> >
> > tendency_of_water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer becomes
> tendency_of_mass_content_of_water_vapor_in_atmosphere_layer
> >
> > tendency_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content_due_to_turbulence becomes
> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_due_to_turbulence
> >
> > tendency_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content_due_to_shallow_convection
> becomes
> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_due_to_shallow_conve
> ction
> >
> > tendency_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content_due_to_deep_convection
> becomes
> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_due_to_deep_convecti
> on
> >
> > tendency_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content_due_to_convection becomes
> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_due_to_convection
> >
> > tendency_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content becomes
> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor
> >
> > tendency_of_atmosphere_water_content_due_to_advection becomes
> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_due_to_advection
> >
> > lwe_thickness_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content becomes
> lwe_thickness_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor
> > cloud_liquid_water_content_of_atmosphere_layer becomes
> mass_content_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_atmosphere_layer
> > cloud_ice_content_of_atmosphere_layer becomes
> mass_content_of_cloud_ice_in_atmosphere_layer
> > cloud_condensed_water_content_of_atmosphere_layer becomes
> mass_content_of_cloud_condensed_water_in_atmosphere_layer
> >
> > change_over_time_in_atmosphere_water_content_due_to_advection becomes
> change_over_time_in_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_due_to_advection
> >
> > atmosphere_water_content becomes atmosphere_mass_content_of_water
> > atmosphere_sulfate_content becomes atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate
> > atmosphere_water_vapor_content becomes
> atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor
> >
> >
> > All names currently entered into the vocabulary editor can be viewed
> at the following location (apologies for the long URL):
> http://ndg.nerc.ac.uk//vocab-term-editor/vocab-term-
> editor/viewCurrentStatus/http%253A%252F%252Fvocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk%252Fli
> st%252FP071%252F17
> > Entries with green backgrounds are additions or modifications to the
> standard name table that will be published in this update.
> > An amber background means that a name has been accepted for inclusion
> in the standard name table but is yet to be published.
> > Entries with brown(ish) backgrounds are names that are still under
> discussion.
> > A blue background means a recent proposal that has not yet received
> any comments.
> >
> > Once the update is complete, the entries for the published names will
> be transferred to the "completed work" page where they will be kept as
> a long term record: http://ndg.nerc.ac.uk//vocab-term-editor/vocab-
> term-
> editor/viewCompleteStatus/http%253A%252F%252Fvocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk%252FP
> 071%252F17.
> >
> >
> > ------
> > Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065
> > NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Email:
> alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
> > STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> > R25, 2.22
> > Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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