Hi,
Below are a few quantities that I'd like to define standard_name values for. Both the
structure of the names, and the elements in the descriptions are taken from existing
standard_name values. Point of contention may be the definition of water vapor (not
all quantities in the list define what they mean with water vapor). A new compound is
semiheavy water (HDO).
The canonical unit for all of these quantities is "mol m-2".
atmosphere_mole_content_of_carbon_monoxide
"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a
quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the
atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard
names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction
"atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X
above a unit area. The chemical formula for carbon monoxide is CO.
atmosphere_mole_content_of_water_vapor
"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a
quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the
atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard
names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction
"atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X
above a unit area. The atmosphere content only concerns water vapor as opposed to
liquid water, i.e. water vapor that can be observed by optical spectroscopic methods.
The chemical formula for water is H2O
atmosphere_mole_content_of_semiheavy_water_vapor
"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a
quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the
atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard
names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction
"atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X
above a unit area. The atmosphere content only concerns water vapor as opposed to
liquid water, i.e. water vapor that can be observed by optical spectroscopic methods.
Semiheavy water is water where one of the hydrogen atom has been replaced by
deuterium. The chemical formula for semiheavy water is HDO.
atmosphere_mole_content_of_methane
"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a
quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the
atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard
names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction
"atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X
above a unit area. The chemical formula for methane is CH4.
Kind regards,
Maarten Sneep
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Received on Fri Jul 10 2015 - 07:31:34 BST
