[CF-metadata] Proposed Standard Name: tropical_cyclone_eye_temperature

From: Gary Meehan <gmeehan>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 06:42:34 -0500

Dear Jonathan,

Just to summarize, then, the proposed standard name would thus be
tropical_cyclone_eye_brightness_temperature

Units: Celsius

Definition:
"tropical_cyclone_eye_brightness_temperature" means the warmest
brightness temperature value in the eye region
of a tropical cyclone (0 - 24 km from the storm center) derived using
the Advanced Dvorak Technique, based on
satellite observations.

Thanks and regards,

Gary

On 2/21/2014 5:36 PM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear Gary
>
>> It is actually the pixel with the warmest brightness temperature as
>> measured in a single IR band.
>> Beyond that, I do not think that one could specifically identify it
>> as SST, air temperature, etc.
> OK. It would be all right, and more informative, to say brightness_temperature
> in your new name. brightness_temperature is an existing stdname.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jonathan
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