Dear Leslie
"speed" is used for the scalar magnitude of a velocity. Existing standard
names use "velocity" with "upward" e.g. upward_air_velocity
and upward_sea_water_velocity
Best wishes
Jonathan
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> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 13:10:41 -0600
> From: "Leslie Hartten (NOAA Affiliate)" <leslie.m.hartten at noaa.gov>
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: [CF-metadata] radiosonde ascent rate?
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> Dear List,
>
> I am putting together a radiosonde dataset and trying hard to
> stick with CF Standard Names. I have combed through the table (http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/current/build/cf-standard-name-table.html)
> and this list's archives, but found nothing that would obviously
> work as a name for the ascent rate of a radiosonde. At present, I
> have taken the name " platform_speed_wrt_ground" and prefaced it
> with "upward_", since there is horizontal motion w/r/to the ground
> that is not considered in this variable.
>
> Does anyone have an already legal suggestion for radiosonde ascent
> rate? Should I request a new variable,
> "upward_platform_speed_wrt_ground"?
Received on Mon Sep 05 2016 - 03:55:04 BST
