and the push started even earlier than that, e.g.:
Goering, J.J., Nelson, D.M. and Carter, J.A., 1973. Silicic acid uptake by
natural populations of marine phytoplankton. In *Deep Sea Research and
Oceanographic Abstracts* (Vol. 20, No. 9, pp. 777-789).
Brzezinski was also a big proponent in the 1990s.
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 7:23 AM, James Orr <James.Orr at lsce.ipsl.fr> wrote:
> Hi Roy,
>
> There has been a trend as you suggest, although it started a few decades
> ago, e.g., "silicic acid" is used instead of "silicate" in the following:
>
> Gordon, L. I., Jennings Jr, J. C., Ross, A. A., & Krest, J. M. (1993). A
> suggested protocol for continuous flow automated analysis of seawater
> nutrients (phosphate, nitrate, nitrite and silicic acid) in the WOCE
> Hydrographic Program and the Joint Global Ocean Fluxes Study. WOCE
> Operations Manual, Part, 3(3), 91-1.
>
> Knap, A. H., Michaels, A., Close, A. R., Ducklow, H., & Dickson, A. G.
> (1996). Protocols for the joint global ocean flux study (JGOFS) core
> measurements.
>
> For our purposes though, both terms can be used synonymously. To avoid
> confusion, would you agree to the following 2nd correction to the CF
> Standard Name List:
>
> (2) '"Dissolved inorganic silicon" means the sum of all dissolved silicon
> in solution (including silicic acid and its first dissociated anion
> SiO(OH)3-)'
> i.e., for the definition of mole_concentration_of_dissolve
> d_inorganic_silicon_in_sea_water
>
> I've just now replaced 'silicate' with 'its first dissociated anion
> SiO(OH)3-' to keep the more general sense of silicate intact. For
> simplicity, we may want to remove the chemical formula after the word
> 'anion'.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2017, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:
>
>
>> Many thanks James,
>>
>>
>> I like it. I had visions of tens of thousands of files needing to be
>> edited - we're bringing in semantically
>> aware compliance checkers that require action if deprecated terms are
>> used.
>>
>>
>> Interesting, in 36 years I have never heard an oceanographer refer to
>> silicic acid - it's always been
>> 'silicate' referring to the measurement made by the standard colorometric
>> analytical technique.
>>
>>
>> Out of curiosity I'll sound out my own organisation (UK National
>> Oceanography Centre) on the usage of DIP and
>> DISi to see if there is any change in the viewpoint in the younger
>> oceanographers.
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Roy.
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> _________________________________________________
>>
>> From: James Orr <James.Orr at lsce.ipsl.fr>
>> Sent: 25 March 2017 14:21
>> To: Lowry, Roy K.
>> Cc: John Dunne - NOAA Federal; <martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk>; Alison
>> Pamment; cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
>> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Silicate vs. dissolved inorganic silicon
>> Hi Roy,
>>
>> I understand your concern and would agree that it would be fine to keep
>> the standard names but to explain what we mean by them in the
>> definitions.
>>
>> So in response to Martin's questions, I would suggest the following
>> corrections in the CF Standard Name List:
>>
>> (1) '"Dissolved inorganic phosphorus" means the sum of all dissolved
>> inorganic phosphorus in solution (including phosphate, hydrogen
>> phosphate, dihydrogen phosphate, and phosphoric acid)' for the
>> definition of
>> mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_phosphorus_in_sea_water, and
>>
>> (2) '"Dissolved inorganic silicon" means the sum of all dissolved
>> silicon in solution (including silicic acid and silicate)' for the
>> definition of
>> mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_silicon_in_sea_water
>>
>> By the way, although many oceanographers refer only to silicate as you
>> mention, many others refer only to silicic acid. In both cases though
>> what is meant is the sum of both.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> >
>> > That would make no sense at all for the observational oceanographic
>> community who have referred to silicate
>> > and phosphate for decades because all the various types of phosphate
>> and silicate react to the standard
>> > colorometric reagents in exactly the same way. Replacing terminology in
>> common usage with more pedantic
>> > synonyms can only result in confusion.
>> >
>> >
>> > So, the situation we have is that we have a technically precise
>> Standard Names and Standard Names that
>> > reflect terminology in common usage. One solution might be to leave
>> all four Standard Names in place but
>> to
>> > clarify the definitions. In our server the pairs could be mapped as
>> synonyms if Alison requests it.
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers, Roy.
>> >
>> >
>> > Please note that I partially retired on 01/11/2015. I am now only
>> working 7.5 hours a week and can only
>> > guarantee e-mail response on Wednesdays, my day in the office. All
>> vocabulary queries should be sent to
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>> is urgent.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >___________________________________________________________
>> _________________________________________________
>> _
>> > From: John Dunne - NOAA Federal <john.dunne at noaa.gov>
>> > Sent: 24 March 2017 17:14
>> > To: <martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk>
>> > Cc: James Orr; Lowry, Roy K.; Alison Pamment; cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
>> > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Silicate vs. dissolved inorganic silicon
>> > Is the plan also to demote the "silicate" and "phosphate" names? That
>> would seem to make sense to me,
>> > consistent with Jim's points.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:13 PM, <martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
>> > Dear Jim,
>> >
>> > thanks. I think that means that we need a corrections to the
>> statements, from the CF Standard
>> > Name list, that:
>> >
>> > (1) '"Dissolved inorganic phosphorus" means phosphate ions in
>> solution' in the CF Standard Name
>> > definition for mole_concentration_of_dissolve
>> d_inorganic_phosphorus_in_sea_water, and
>> > (2) '"Dissolved inorganic silicon" means silicate ions in
>> solution' in the definition of
>> > mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_silicon_in_sea_water
>> >
>> > regards,
>> > Martin
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: James Orr [James.Orr at lsce.ipsl.fr]
>> > Sent: 24 March 2017 15:46
>> > To: Lowry, Roy K.
>> > Cc: Juckes, Martin (STFC,RAL,RALSP); cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
>> > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Silicate vs. dissolved inorganic
>> silicon
>> >
>> > Dissolved inorganic phosphorus in seawater takes several forms,
>> with
>> > phosphate (P043-) being only one of them. Furthermore, PO43- is
>> not
>> > even the most abundant form at normal seawater pH. Rather it is
>> HPO42-
>> > (hydrogen phosphate). Oceanographers do often refer to phosphate
>> but
>> > what they really taking about is total dissolved inorganic
>> phosphorus
>> > (the sum of all inorganic forms).
>> >
>> > The seawater system for dissolved inorganic silicon is simpler
>> because
>> > we only need to consider two forms: silicic acid (Si(OH)4) and
>> silicate
>> > (SiO(OH)3-). The former is more abundant than the latter in
>> seawater.
>> >
>> > It is best then to refer to
>> > - total dissolved inorganic phosphorus rather than phosphate and
>> > - total dissolved inorganic silicon rather than silicate.
>> >
>> > For more insight see the last figure in the OMIP-BGC protocols
>> paper
>> > in the CMIP6 special issue at
>> >
>> > http://www.geosci-model-dev-discuss.net/gmd-2016-155/
>> GMDD - Biogeochemical protocols and diagnostics for the ...
>> www.geosci-model-dev-discuss.net
>> Biogeochemical protocols and diagnostics for the CMIP6 Ocean Model
>> Intercomparison Project (OMIP)
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> > On Fri, 24 Mar 2017, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:
>> >
>> > > Dear All,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > If one makes the assumption that all the silicon and phosphorus
>> atoms not associated with
>> > organic ligands are
>> > > in a single chemical form associated with oxygen in solution
>> then what Martin says is correct.
>> > In my
>> > > experience I have never known anybody challenge this assumption
>> and I cannot think of any other
>> > anions
>> > > incorporating P and Si. Consequently, I would agree that whilst
>> there is a theoretical semantic
>> > difference
>> > > between the members of each Standard Name pair I would agree
>> that this could be ignored and
>> > they could be
>> > > considered synonyms.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Note, this only holds true as these are MOLE concentrations.
>> The MASS concentration of
>> > inorganic phosphorus
>> > > is very different from the MASS concentration of phosphate as
>> the oxygen atoms have mass.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > If the decision is taken to take action on this then I would
>> recommend that the
>> > 'inorganic_silicon' and
>> > > 'inorganic_phosphorus' names be than ones to be converted to
>> aliases. This is based on common
>> > terminology
>> > > usage in the oceanographic community.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Cheers, Roy.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Please note that I partially retired on 01/11/2015. I am now
>> only working 7.5 hours a week and
>> > can only
>> > > guarantee e-mail response on Wednesdays, my day in the office.
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>> > > From: CF-metadata <cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu> on behalf
>> of martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk
>> > > <martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk>
>> > > Sent: 24 March 2017 08:48
>> > > To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
>> > > Subject: [CF-metadata] Silicate vs. dissolved inorganic silicon
>> > > Hello Alison, others,
>> > >
>> > > the standard name list includes both
>> > > (1) mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_silicon_in_sea_water
>> and (2)
>> > > mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water
>> > >
>> > > The definition of the first says that "dissolved inorganic
>> silicon" means silicate ions in
>> > solution. Both
>> > > have units of "mol m-3". It looks to me as though they are
>> describing the same thing. If this
>> > is true, should
>> > > one be demoted to the alias of the other? If they are
>> different, what is the difference?
>> > >
>> > > The same question applies to mole_concentration_of_dissolve
>> d_inorganic_phosphorus_in_sea_water
>> > and
>> > > mole_concentration_of_phosphate_in_sea_water.
>> > >
>> > > regards,
>> > > Martin
>> > >
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