[CF-metadata] Request for new standard-names: graupel, wind_gust, inland_water_area_fraction

From: John Graybeal <john.graybeal>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 15:57:44 -0700

On May 22, 2014, at 14:16, Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear Heiko
>
>> x_wind_gust:
>
> We already have a standard name of wind_speed_of_gust for the magnitude of
> the gust velocity, and we x_wind and y_wind for components of wind. Would
> be OK to have x_wind_of_gust and y_wind_of_gust for consistency?

I consider x_wind_of_gust ambiguous -- wind speed, wind direction, wind_what? (Reference previous suggestion.)

I rather wish x_wind and y_wind were deprecated in favor of x_wind_speed and y_wind_speed.

John

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