Dear Randy
There is already a standard name which I think has the meaning you intend
viz. lwe_thickness_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content
Cheers
Jonathan
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> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 13:56:15 -0400
> From: "rhorne at excaliburlabs.com" <rhorne at excaliburlabs.com>
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: [CF-metadata] new standard_name: lwe_thickness_of_water_vapor
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> Folks: Would like to propose the following: standard_name:
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> lwe_thickness_of_water_vapor
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> definition:
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> "lwe" means liquid water equivalent. The construction lwe_thickness_of_X means the vertical extent of a layer of liquid water if all the atmospheric water vapor in a vertical column was condensed. The vertical column may extend from the surface to the top of the atmosphere, or between levels of the atmosphere. The surface refers to the lower boundary of the atmosphere. A coordinate variable of air_pressure can be specified to specify levels of the atmosphere.
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> units:
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> m
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> very respectfully,
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> randy
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