[CF-metadata] new standard names for flood simulation

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:40:40 +0100

Dear Eizi

> I'd use flood_water_thickness.
If you're happy with that it and it makes sense to you and your colleagues,
it would be the choice most consistent with other names.

> Your second suggestion height_of_flood_water_surface_above_ground_level is
> no problem at all, but a bit long for beginners of CF.
I agree.

> 9) time_duration_with_flood_water_above_threshold
> I wonder perhaps "time_duration" could be "duration", looking at
> duration_of_sunshine.
"[time] duration with flood" etc. sounds a bit strange to me. I see that
"flood water duration" is a phrase that occurs (in Google). Would you consider
flood_water_duration_above_threshold?

> Regarding 6), our planned data is only for the case of threshold=zero, but
> it is no problem to generalize the concept to be symmetric with the
> "falls_below" counterpart.
OK. I suppose you will need a scalar coordinate variable with a standard_name
of flood_water_thickness to supply the threshold, and this should have a
default - perhaps zero would be a suitable default.

I think your use of flags and strings to describe hazard conditions is good,
and I appreciate that at this point you don't need to standardise them.

Best wishes

Jonathan
Received on Thu Aug 13 2015 - 10:40:40 BST