[CF-metadata] new standard names: fire area, fire temperature, fire radiative power

From: Gary Meehan <gmeehan>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:46:03 -0500

Dear CF community,

I have taken over from the original poster on the subject of new
standard names for
fire area, fire temperature, and fire radiative power. Area, in this
context, is meant
to be in terms of different types of biomass that are climatically and
geographically
defined (e.g., grasslands, forest, etc.).

These definitions have been slightly amended from the originally posting
as follows:

_Fire_Area_

Standard Name: fire_area

Definition: The X_area means the horizontal area occupied by X within
the grid cell.
"Fire area" means the area of detected biomass fire.

Canonical units: m^2

_Fire_Temperature_

Standard_Name: fire_temperature

Definition: The overall temperature of a fire area due to contributions
from smoldering
and flaming components.

Canonical units: K

_Fire_Radiative_Power_

Standard_Name: fire_radiative_power

Definition: The product of the irradiance of a fire scene and the
corresponding fire area.

Canonical units: W

With regards to this last item, radiative power is the only radiometric
quantity for which we are seeking a standard name.

Sincerely,

Gary
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Gary Meehan
Senior Staff Scientist
Atmospheric and Environmental Research
131 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA
02421-3126
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e-mail: gmeehan at aer.com
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