Hi.
I also just noticed that I changed the canonical units in my suggestion
to "W m-2 nm-1". It should be "W m-2 m-1" as in the original submission.
Jim
On 5/1/15 2:03 PM, John Graybeal wrote:
> I can't find any other cases where CF includes the units explicitly in
> the definition, since they are given explicitly by the canonical units
> entry. So I suggest the "in units of..." phrase be removed from both
> definitions.
>
> John
>
>
> On May 1, 2015, at 10:01, Jim Biard <jbiard at cicsnc.org
> <mailto:jbiard at cicsnc.org>> wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> The definition of toa_solar_spectral_irradiance should be modified to
>> read:
>>
>> standard name:
>> toa_solar_spectral_irradiance
>>
>> definition:
>> The solar power per unit area per unit wavelength that is
>> incident at the top of the Earth?s atmosphere, at a standard
>> distance of one Astronomical Unit (1 AU) from the Sun, in units
>> of Watts per square meter per nanometer (1 nm = 10 ^?9 m). A
>> coordinate variable for radiation wavelength should be given the
>> standard name radiation_wavelength.
>>
>> canonical units:
>> W m-2 nm-1
>>
>> Grace and peace,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On 5/1/15 11:40 AM, Philip Jones - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
>>> Hello CF,
>>>
>>> I am sending this request on behalf of Odele Coddington, Peter
>>> Pilewskie and Judith Lean (all copied). Please address your
>>> questions to them.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Phil
>>>
>>> --
>>> We are proposing two new standard names for Total Solar Irradiance
>>> (TSI) and Solar Spectral Irradiance (SSI) at the top of the
>>> atmosphere. Your comments on these two proposals would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Odele Coddington and Peter Pilewskie (CU-Boulder/LASP) and Judith
>>> Lean (NRL)
>>>
>>> standard name:
>>> toa_total_solar_irradiance
>>>
>>> definition:
>>> The solar power per unit area integrated over all wavelengths that
>>> is incident at the top of the Earth?s atmosphere (TOA), at a
>>> standard distance of one Astronomical Unit (1 AU) from the Sun, in
>>> units of Watts per square meter.
>>>
>>> canonical units:
>>> W m-2
>>>
>>> standard name:
>>> toa_solar_spectral_irradiance
>>>
>>> definition:
>>> The solar power per unit area per unit wavelength that is incident
>>> at the top of the Earth?s atmosphere, at a standard distance of one
>>> Astronomical Unit (1 AU) from the Sun, in units of Watts per square
>>> meter per nanometer (1 nm = 10 ^?9 m).
>>>
>>> canonical units:
>>> W m-2 m-1
>>>
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