Hi,
I am looking to publish CDOM (colored dissolved organic matter) data
from CTD casts, and cannot find a suitable standard name. The
measurement is similar to that of chlorophyll fluorescence, but the
wavelengths are tuned to detect this other material rather than
chlorophyll. The sensor in question is a WETLabs ECO fluorometer.
Existing names are as follows:
concentration_of_colored_dissolved_organic_matter_in_sea_water_expressed_as_equivalent_mass_fraction_of_quinine_sulfate_dihydrate
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
I understand that the property CDOM is vaguely defined. It is not one
specific substance, but rather a mix of many. Should I somehow find a
way to express my data in that first standard name? I have no idea what
that quinine stuff is though, or how I could convert my bulk
measurements to that equivalent.
Or else, should we create one of the following new names (either one
will work for me):
mass_concentration_of_colored_dissolved_organic_matter_in_sea_water
(canonical units would be kg / m3)
mass_fraction_of_colored_dissolved_organic_matter_in_sea_water
(canonical units would be 1)
Regards, Matthias
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Received on Mon Dec 19 2016 - 17:03:56 GMT
