Dear Martin,
Thank you for pointing this out. I agree that since the introduction of the very precisely defined sea_surface_skin_temperature name, the definition of the more generic name is confusing. I agree with your suggested amendment and unless anyone objects within the next seven days the change will be accepted and added at the next update of the standard name table.
Best wishes,
Alison
From: Juckes, Martin (STFC,RAL,RALSP)
Sent: 02 February 2016 16:07
To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu; Pamment, Alison (STFC,RAL,RALSP)
Subject: Confusing skin temperature and interface temperature
Hello All,
The CF Standard Name sea_surface_temperature includes the statement that it is ".... not the skin temperature, whose standard name is surface_temperature". The last phrase here is incorrect: the standard name of the skin temperature is sea_surface_skin_temperature, not surface_temperature. Can the definition be modified to read ".. not the skin or interface temperature, whose standard names are sea_surface_skin_temperature and surface_temperature respectively"?
regards,
Martin
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