Dear All,
I totally agree with Philip concerning the canonical units for the proposed Standard Names.
Cheers, Roy
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From: CF-metadata [cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Cameron-smith, Philip [cameronsmith1 at llnl.gov]
Sent: 22 December 2012 02:35
To: Andreas Hilboll; cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Proposal for standard names: tropospheric trace gas column amounts
Hi Andreas, et al,
All the std_names seem to follow existing patterns.
As mentioned in my previous email, I think the units should be mol/m2 for consistency.
Best wishes,
Philip
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Dr Philip Cameron-Smith, pjc at llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
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> From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of
> Andreas Hilboll
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:41 AM
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: [CF-metadata] Proposal for standard names: tropospheric trace gas
> column amounts
>
> 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.
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