[CF-metadata] standard names for column amounts (atmospheric chemistry)

From: Andreas Hilboll <lists>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:52:30 +0100

Hi Philip,

> Good news: we have recently been discussing just such a quantity on this email list.

Yeay :)

> The quantity was specifically for ozone, but can easily be proposed for other species.

I guess I'll need some help with that.

> The title of the email discussion was: "new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU".

I checked that discussion and do agree with everything said there.


Now some specific questions, the most important one is the first:

* The canonical way to specify tropospheric NO2 columns in
  molecules cm^-2 would be to use the standard name
  "mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide_in_troposphere_layer", or rather
  "troposphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide",
  together with a units attribute of "molecules cm^-2"?

* What can I do for
"atmosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide_between_surface_and_XhPa",
where X is 500?

* What about
"atmosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide_between_XhPa_and_tropopause",
where X is 500?

The latter two are most probably quantities which are of no interest to
most, but I currently have to deal with them and would like to be as
standards-compliant as possible. On the other hand, I don't think that
it's necessary to create a new standard for this.

Thanks for your suggestions!

Cheers, Andreas.
Received on Wed Dec 19 2012 - 03:52:30 GMT