[CF-metadata] Sea surface height

From: Bentley, Philip <philip.bentley>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:13:46 -0000

Hi Stephane,
 
Would one or both of the following two standard names cover your use-case? The first is in effect your residual, I think.
 
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standard name: water_surface_height_above_reference_datum
  canon units: m
  description: 'Water surface height above reference datum' means the height of the upper surface of a body of liquid water, such as sea, lake or river, above an arbitrary reference datum. The altitude of the datum should be provided in a variable with standard name water_surface_reference_datum_altitude. The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.
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standard name: water_surface_reference_datum_altitude
  canon units: m
  description: Altitude is the (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level. 'Water surface reference datum altitude' means the altitude of the arbitrary datum referred to by a quantity with standard name 'water_surface_height_above_reference_datum'. The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.
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Regards,
Phil


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        From: cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Stephane TAROT
        Sent: 26 January 2012 13:58
        To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
        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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