[CF-metadata] Proposal for standard names: tropospheric trace gas column amounts

From: Andreas Hilboll <lists>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:41:18 +0100

Hi all,

following the suggestion from Philip, I hereby propose the addition of
the following standard names. All are commonly used quantities used in
satellite remote sensing of atmospheric trace gases, and all are
commonly used in units of "molecules / cm^2":

- stratosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide
- troposphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide
- troposphere_mole_content_of_glyoxal
- troposphere_mole_content_of_formaldehyde
- troposphere_mole_content_of_iodine_monoxide
- troposphere_mole_content_of_bromine_monoxide
- troposphere_mole_content_of_sulfur_dioxide
- troposphere_mole_content_of_ozone

The respective definitions could be something along the lines of
(borrowing from Christophe's ozone proposal):

"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The
"troposphere/stratosphere content"
of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the
tropopause / from the tropopause to the stratopause. For the content
between specified levels in the
atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are
used. The construction "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the
vertically integrated number of moles of X above a unit area. The
chemical formula for nitrogen_dioxide / glyoxal / formaldehyde /
iodine_monoxide / bromine_monoxide / suflur_dioxide / ozone is NO2 /
CHOCHO / HCHO / IO / BrO / SO2 / O3. The IUPAC name for glyoxal /
formaldehyde / ozone is ethanedial / methanal / trioxygen.

Cheers,
Andreas.
Received on Thu Dec 20 2012 - 08:41:18 GMT