[CF-metadata] New standard name requests for TSI and SSI

From: Jim Biard <jbiard>
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:41:50 -0400

I second that emotion.

On 6/1/15 12:39 PM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Few opinions still have been given about whether we should change flux to
> flux_density in standard names, and those few are a majority against doing so.
> Since the proposers aren't happy with "flux" for "irradiance" in W m-2, I
> think the best compromise is
>
> solar_irradiance (W m-2)
> solar_irradiance_per_unit_wavelength (W m-3)
>
> where the definition should note that "irradiance" means the power per unit
> area (called radiative flux in other standard names), the area being normal
> to a vector from the Sun to the Earth, and the quantity applies outside
> the atmosphere, by default at a distance of one astronomical unit from the
> Sun, but a coordinate or scalar coordinate variable of distance_from_sun can
> be specified to replace the default.
>
> distance_from_sun (m)
>
> is therefore also required as a new standard name.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jonathan
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