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[CF-metadata] New standard names: northward_land_ice_velocity and eastward_land_ice_velocity

From: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk <alison.pamment>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:21:03 +0000

Dear Andreas,

I am in fact planning to make an update to the table next week (full details to follow shortly) so your names will be added then.

Best wishes,
Alison

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Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Email: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
R25, 2.22
Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf
> Of Andreas Groh
> Sent: 03 March 2016 07:54
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names:
> northward_land_ice_velocity and eastward_land_ice_velocity
>
> Dear Alison,
>
> Thanks for adding the proposed names to the standard name table. This
> means that they will be added at the next biannual update of the table?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andreas
>
> On 02.03.2016 18:40, alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
> > Dear Andreas and Jonathan,
> >
> > I agree that these names look fine and are a sensible addition to the
> > standard name table. I think there is nothing contentious in these
> > proposals so they are accepted for publication in the standard name
> > table and will be added at the next update.
> >
> > Best wishes, Alison
> >
> > ------ Alison Pamment
> > Tel: +44 1235 778065 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
> > Email: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> > R25, 2.22 Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message----- From: CF-metadata
> >> [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Andreas
> >> Groh Sent: 26 February 2016 08:09 To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> >> Subject: [CF-metadata] New standard names:
> >> northward_land_ice_velocity and eastward_land_ice_velocity
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I propose to add two new standard names for the northward and
> >> eastward velocity components of land ice, equivalent to the already
> >> existing standard names for sea ice.
> >>
> >> standard name: northward_land_ice_velocity
> >>
> >> Description:
> >>
> >> A velocity is a vector quantity. "Northward" indicates a vector
> >> component which is positive when directed northward (negative
> >> southward). Land ice velocity is defined as a two-dimensional
> >> vector, with no vertical component. "Land ice" means glaciers,
> >> ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes
> >> ice-shelves.
> >>
> >> Canocical Unit: m s-1
> >>
> >>
> >> standard name: eastward_land_ice_velocity
> >>
> >> A velocity is a vector quantity. "Eastward" indicates a vector
> >> component which is positive when directed eastward (negative
> >> westward). Land ice velocity is defined as a two-dimensional
> >> vector, with no vertical component. "Land ice" means glaciers,
> >> ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes
> >> ice-shelves.
> >>
> >> Canocical Unit: m s-1
> >>
> >>
> >> All comments are appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks and best regards,
> >>
> >> Andreas
> >>
> >>
> >> -- ----------------------------------- Dr.-Ing. Andreas Groh
> >> Institut f?r Planetare Geod?sie Geod?tische Erdsystemforschung
> >> Technische Universit?t Dresden D-01062 Dresden, Germany phone :
> >> +49-351-463.33416 fax : +49-351-463.37063 email :
> >> andreas.groh at tu-dresden.de web : tu-dresden.de/geo/ipg/gef
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> --
> -----------------------------------
> Dr.-Ing. Andreas Groh
> Institut f?r Planetare Geod?sie
> Geod?tische Erdsystemforschung
> Technische Universit?t Dresden
> D-01062 Dresden, Germany
> phone : +49-351-463.33416
> fax : +49-351-463.37063
> email : andreas.groh at tu-dresden.de
> web : tu-dresden.de/geo/ipg/gef
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