Dear Elodie,
I realised that in my last reply I didn't answer the question at the end of your post:
> I am also working on preparing the next release of the European
> Copernicus Marine Service that will include waves. We are planning on
> introducing 35 variables, of which only 7 have already existing
> standard_names. What do you think is the best way to proceed? Start a
> new thread on this topic and propose for each variable a standard_name,
> unit and definition?
Yes, please. You only need to start one thread which can then be used to propose all your new names. Names will be added to the standard name table as they are agreed, so if some take longer to discuss they won't hold up the ones that can be agreed quickly. Please do provide the proposed name, unit and definition for each variable as this will help to focus the discussion.
Best wishes,
Alison
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf
> Of Elodie Fernandez
> Sent: 27 April 2016 09:03
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: [CF-metadata] Copernicus Marine Service standard_names
>
> Dear all,
>
> This is my first post to the list, so I hope I'm doing things "right". I
> work at Mercator Ocean, for the European Copernicus Marine Service
> (http://marine.copernicus.eu/). I am now in charge of making sure that
> the products we disseminate are CF compliant, and a big part of that
> task is to ensure that our parameters follow the standard_name table.
> Most of what we use is already described and available in the table.
> Thanks for a great job maintaining this table! But some parameters are
> not yet described.
>
> I found these standard_names in the list of proposals. As far as I can
> tell, it seems to be agreed they should be added to the standard name
> table, but it hasn't happened yet. Can you tell me more about their status?
>
> - divergence_of_surface_downward_stress
> Proposed by Bruce Hackett on January 2016
> - curl_of_surface_downward_stress
> Proposed by Bruce Hackett on January 2016
> - sea_water_potential_temperature_at_sea_floor
> Proposed by Jonathan Gregory/Stephen Griffies in January 2015
>
> I also would like to suggest the addition of the following
> standard_name:
> "mole_concentration_of_zooplankton_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_sea_wat
> er".
> Standard_names already exist for the microzooplankton and the
> mesozooplankton, but not for the total zooplankton. A name also exists
> for the total zooplankton expressed as carbon in sea water. I tried
> building a definition using the already existing ones for micro and meso
> zooplankton.
>
> -
> mole_concentration_of_zooplankton_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_sea_water
> unit: mol/m3
> definition: Mole concentration means number of moles per unit volume,
> also called "molarity", and is used in the construction
> mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y, where X is a material constituent of Y. A
> chemical species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as
> 'nitrogen' or a phrase such as 'nox_expressed_as_nitrogen'. The phrase
> 'expressed_as' is used in the construction A_expressed_as_B, where B is
> a chemical constituent of A. It means that the quantity indicated by the
> standard name is calculated in terms of B alone, neglecting all other
> chemical constituents of A. Standard names also exist for the mole
> concentration of a number of components that make up the total
> zooplankton population, such as mesozooplankton, and microzooplankton.
>
> I am also working on preparing the next release of the European
> Copernicus Marine Service that will include waves. We are planning on
> introducing 35 variables, of which only 7 have already existing
> standard_names. What do you think is the best way to proceed? Start a
> new thread on this topic and propose for each variable a standard_name,
> unit and definition?
>
> Best regards,
> Elodie Fernandez
>
>
>
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