Hi Alison and Philip,
I agree with each of your comment.
Best regards,
Christophe
On 22/01/2013 19:31, Cameron-smith, Philip wrote:
> Hi Alison, Christophe, et al.,
>
> I agree that this name follows existing patterns.
>
> It would be good to add a comment similar to the one we added for atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone (although we don't currently have the corresponding layer version of equivalent_thickness_at_stp_of_atmosphere_ozone_content, so the wording will need to be tweaked):
>
> "N.B. Data variables containing column content of ozone can be given the standard name of either equivalent_thickness_at_stp_of_atmosphere_ozone_content or atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone.The latter name is recommended for consistency with mole content names for chemical species other than ozone."
>
> Although this shouldn't affect the current proposal, I note for the record that it seems strange that for the Integral of the whole atmosphere our pattern is:
>
> atmosphere_X_content
>
> But for a partial integral we put 'atmosphere' after X:
>
> X_content_of_atmosphere_layer
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Philip
>
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> Dr Philip Cameron-Smith, pjc at llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
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>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of
>> alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:30 AM
>> To: Christophe.Lerot at aeronomie.be; cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
>> Cc: peet at knmi.nl
>> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] standard name for ozone partial column in
>> atmosphere layer
>>
>> Dear Christophe,
>>
>> Thank you for proposing this name. I think
>> mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer is the correct name and it is
>> consistent with existing names such as
>> mass_content_of_water_in_atmosphere_layer. The canonical units would be
>> mol m-2 as for the total column name. Regarding your suggested definition, I
>> think we could delete the third sentence:
>> "mole_content_of_X_in_atmosphere_layer" means the vertically integrated
>> number of moles of X above a unit area" as it is essentially repeating the
>> information contained in the previous two sentences, but otherwise it looks
>> fine.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Alison
>>
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>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf
>>> Of Christophe Lerot
>>> Sent: 22 January 2013 09:35
>>> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
>>> Cc: Jacob van Peet
>>> Subject: [CF-metadata] standard name for ozone partial column in
>>> atmosphere layer
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Similarly to what has been done for total ozone columns, some
>>> colleagues of mine would need a standard name for ozone partial
>>> columns in defined layers of the atmosphere.
>>>
>>> Therefore, I'd like to propose such a standard name based on the one
>>> corresponding to total ozone
>>>
>>> "mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer":
>>> "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The
>>> "content_of_X_in_atmosphere_layer" refers to the vertical integral
>>> between two specified levels in the atmosphere.
>>> "mole_content_of_X_in_atmosphere_layer" means the vertically
>>> integrated number of moles of X above a unit area. "Layer" means any
>>> layer with upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in
>>> some vertical coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable
>>> indicating the extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers,
>>> the vertical coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is
>>> recommended to specify a physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary
>>> coordinate variable) as well. For the mole content integrated from the
>>> surface to the top of the atmosphere, standard names including
>> "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X"
>>> are
>>> used. The chemical formula for ozone is O3.
>>> "mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer" is usually measured in
>>> Dobson Units which are equivalent to 446.2 micromoles m-2.
>>>
>>> Thank you for considering this.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Christophe
>>>
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