[CF-metadata] Standard Names for: Ocean Kinetic Energy and Relative Vorticity

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:01:07 +0000

Dear Napoleon

> In discussions within the science group behind
> our application, they suggest the following names:
>
> northward_northward_derivative_of_gravity_potential (Txx)
> westward_westward_derivative_of_gravity_potential (Tyy)
> upward_upward_derivative_of_gravity_potential (Tzz)
> northward_upward_derivative_of_gravity_potential (Txz)
> northward_westward_derivative_of_gravity_potential (Txy)
> westward_upward_derivative_of_gravity_potential (Tyz)
>
> Yes they are spatial derivatives of the potential in the specified
> directions, ending up with unit s-2;

That scheme seems fine to me. Thanks. It hadn't occurred to me before, but
do you really mean westward, not eastward i.e. negative x-direction?

Best wishes

Jonathan
Received on Fri Feb 13 2015 - 06:01:07 GMT