Dear Christophe, Philip, All,
No further comments have been received regarding the proposed name: mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer; mol m-2. The name is therefore accepted for inclusion in the standard name table and will be added at the next update.
Best wishes,
Alison
------
Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065
NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Email: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
R25, 2.22
Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf
> Of alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
> Sent: 24 January 2013 14:03
> To: Christophe.Lerot at aeronomie.be; cameronsmith1 at llnl.gov
> Cc: Miles, Georgina (STFC,RAL,RALSP); cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu;
> peet at knmi.nl
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] standard name for ozone partial column in
> atmosphere layer
>
> Dear Christophe and Philip,
>
> thank you both for your comments. The amended proposal is now:
>
> mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer; mol m-2
>
> ' "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. "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. N.B. Data variables containing column content of ozone can be given
> the standard name of either equivalent_thickness_at_stp_o
> f_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.'
>
> I think this proposal is in pretty good shape and unlikely to be controversial.
> Therefore, unless further comments are received within the next seven
> days the name will be accepted for addition to the standard name table.
>
> Philip made a comment about the order of the wording:
> >
> > 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
> >
>
> The standard name Guidelines http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-
> standard-names/guidelines don't explicitly cover the different word order
> for atmosphere and atmosphere_layer, however, I think this case is very
> like the situation described for surfaces in the 'Qualifications' section of the
> document. Following the same thinking, a single word qualification such as
> 'atmosphere' would go at the beginning of the name whereas a multi-word
> phrase such as 'atmosphere_layer' would go at the end after a connecting
> word such as 'of' or 'in'. Certainly this is the approach we have taken with all
> the existing atmosphere and atmosphere_layer names.
>
> Best wishes,
> Alison
>
> ------
> Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065
> NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Email: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
> STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> R25, 2.22
> Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christophe Lerot [mailto:Christophe.Lerot at aeronomie.be]
> > Sent: 23 January 2013 08:01
> > To: Cameron-smith, Philip
> > Cc: Pamment, Alison (STFC,RAL,RALSP); cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu;
> > peet at knmi.nl; Miles, Georgina (STFC,RAL,RALSP)
> > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] standard name for ozone partial column in
> > atmosphere layer
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Dr Philip Cameron-Smith, pjc at llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National
> Lab.
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----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
> > >>
> > >> ------
> > >> Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065
> > >> NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Email:
> > alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
> > >> STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> > >> R25, 2.22
> > >> Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> -----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
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> -----------------------------------------------------
> > >>> Dr. Christophe LEROT
> > >>> Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
> > >>> Chemistry & Physics of Atmospheres
> > >>> Avenue circulaire, 3
> > >>> 1180 Brussels
> > >>> Belgium
> > >>> phone: +32/(0)2-3730-407
> > >>> mobile: +32/(0)472-81.87.00
> > >>> mail: christophe.lerot at aeronomie.be
> > >>> url: http://uv-vis.aeronomie.be/
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> > Chemistry & Physics of Atmospheres
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