Dear Stephane
I don't think "anomaly" is quite right here. It generally means the difference
from a multi-year climatology. You mean the difference of SSH from the tidal
prediction, if I understand correctly. That's a more specific concept which
deserves a special name. Would sea_surface_height_above_tidal_level make sense
(tide being a time-dependent level), for instance?
Cheers
Jonathan
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 02:58:17PM +0100, Stephane TAROT wrote:
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:58:17 +0100
> From: Stephane TAROT <Stephane.Tarot at ifremer.fr>
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> Subject: [CF-metadata] Sea surface height
>
> Hi,
>
> In the MyOcean european project, we are using
> sea_surface_height_above_sea_level for the insitu data mesured by tide gauges.
>
> By substracting these measures and the predicted tide sea level, we calculate
> the residual due to atmospheric (pressure and wind) conditions.
>
> Is there an existing standard name for the residual ?
> Should we consider that the predicted tide sea level is a sort of climatology
> and therefore use "sea_surface_height_above_sea_level_anomaly" for the residual
> ?
>
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> St?phane Tarot (Ifremer)
>
>
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