Dear Gary
Thanks for these proposals. I have a couple of comments.
* Is this hierarchy event/group/flash a standard terminology? If so, fine.
* I think it would be useful to insert "radiant" into the standard name, since
you have it in the definitions.
Best wishes
Jonathan
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> From: "Meehan, Gary" <GMeehan at aer.com>
> To: "cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu" <cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:52:04 +0000
> Subject: [CF-metadata] Proposing Standard Names for Lightning Event, Group
> and Flash Radiant Energy
>
> Dear CF Board,
>
> I would like to propose the following three related standard names concerning the various measures
> of radiant energy associated with lightning storms.
>
> Standard_Name: Lightning_event_energy
>
> Canonical_Units: Joules
>
> Definition: The radiant energy associated with a single, discrete lightning event, the aggregation of a set of which
> forms a lightning group. A set of related lightning groups forms a lightning flash. A coordinate variable of
> radiation_wavelength, sensor_band_central_wavelength, or radiation_frequency may be specified to indicate
> that the lightning_event_energy applies at specific wavelengths or frequencies.
>
> --------
> Standard_Name: Lightning_group_energy
>
> Canonical_Units: Joules
>
> Definition: The radiant energy associated with a lightning group formed by aggregating a set of discrete lightning events.
> A collection of lightning groups forms a lightning flash. A coordinate variable of radiation_wavelength, sensor_band_central_wavelength,
> or radiation_frequency may be specified to indicate that the lightning_group_energy applies at specific wavelengths or frequencies.
>
> --------
> Standard_Name: Lightning_flash_energy
>
> Canonical_Units: Joules
>
> Definition: The radiant energy associated with a lightning flash formed by aggregating a set of lightning groups, where
> a single lightning group is formed out of a collection of a series of discrete lightning events. A coordinate variable of
> radiation_wavelength, sensor_band_central_wavelength, or radiation_frequency may be specified to indicate
> that the lightning_flash_energy applies at specific wavelengths or frequencies.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gary Meehan
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