Dear Jonathan
K and degC have the same dimensions and either is acceptable, I would say.
Cheers
Jonathan
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> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:47:45 -0400
> From: Jonathan Wrotny <jwrotny at aer.com>
> To: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk>
> CC: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name: atmosphere_stability_k_index
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> Dear Jonathan Gregory,
>
> I would like to make one correction to the
> "atmosphere_stability_k_index" proposal. The GOES-R product that is
> motivating this submission will have units of degrees Celsius, but
> in order to have consistency with some of the other atmosphere
> stability indices, the canonical units should be Kelvins. So, the
> updated proposal is then:
>
> Standard Name:atmosphere_stability_k_index
>
> Definition:The atmosphere_stability_k_index is an index that
> indicates the potential of severe convection and is often referred
> to a simply the k index. The index is derived from the difference in
> air temperature between 850 and 500 hPa, the dew point temperature
> at 850 hPa, and the difference between the air temperature and the
> dew point temperature at 700 hPa.
>
> Canonical Units:K
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jonathan Wrotny
>
> On 6/4/2013 5:33 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> >Dear Jonathan
> >
> >This appears to be a very ad-hoc quantity, and I agree it would not make sense
> >to try to devise a general physical name for it. Adding atmosphere_stability,
> >as with the total totals index, provides useful information on what sort of
> >quantity is it, taking a step towards making it self-explanatory.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Jonathan
> >
> >
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> >>Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:42:05 -0400
> >>From: Jonathan Wrotny <jwrotny at aer.com>
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> >>To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> >>Subject: [CF-metadata] new standard name: atmosphere_stability_k_index
> >>
> >>Dear CF board:
> >>
> >>I would like to propose the following standard name:
> >>
> >>atmosphere_stability_k_index
> >>
> >>with the associate definition:
> >>
> >>The atmosphere_stability_k_index is an index that indicates the
> >>potential of severe convection and is often referred to a simply the
> >>k index. The index is derived from the difference in air temperature
> >>between 850 and 500 hPa, the dew point temperature at 850 hPa, and
> >>the difference between the air temperature and the dew point
> >>temperature at 700 hPa.
> >>
> >>and the canonical units of:
> >>
> >>C
> >>
> >>NOTE: This proposed product using fixed pressure levels of 850,
> >>700, and 500 hPa for calculating the index which are unique to this
> >>product, thus these values are included in the definition.
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>
> >>Jonathan
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