[CF-metadata] Standard name table June update

From: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk <alison.pamment>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:33:03 +0000

Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now V45, dated 27 June 2017. The changes have also been published in the NERC Vocabulary Server. The changes are listed in full below.

Best wishes,
Alison

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V45 standard name changes
1. New names
a. Proposed by Kevin Marsh for the NEMO model
steric_change_in_sea_surface_height (canonical units: m)
thermosteric_change_in_sea_surface_height (canonical units: m)
halosteric_change_in_sea_surface_height (canonical units: m)
b. Steric mean sea level change names proposed by Jonathan Gregory
steric_change_in_mean_sea_level (canonical units: m)
thermosteric_change_in_mean_sea_level (canonical units: m)
halosteric_change_in_mean_sea_level (canonical units: m)
c. Sea salt aerosol and nitrogen tendency names proposed by Daniel Neumann
atmosphere_mass_content_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_expressed_as_cations (canonical units: kg m-2)
mass_concentration_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_expressed_as_cations_in_air (canonical units: kg m-3)
mass_concentration_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air (canonical units: kg m-3)
mass_concentration_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_expressed_as_cations_in_air (canonical units: kg m-3)
mass_concentration_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air (canonical units: kg m-3)
mass_concentration_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_expressed_as_cations_in_air (canonical units: kg m-3)
mass_fraction_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_expressed_as_cations_in_air (canonical units: 1)
mass_fraction_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_expressed_as_cations_in_air (canonical units: 1)
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_expressed_as_cations_in_air (canonical units: 1)
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_oxidized_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_deposition (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_oxidized_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_dry_deposition (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_oxidized_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_wet_deposition (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_reduced_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_deposition (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_reduced_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_dry_deposition (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_reduced_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_wet_deposition (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_oxidized_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_deposition (canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_oxidized_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_dry_deposition (canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_oxidized_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_wet_deposition (canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_reduced_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_deposition (canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_reduced_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_dry_deposition (canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_reduced_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_wet_deposition (canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
d. Physics names proposed by Stephen Griffies and Jonathan Gregory for the CMIP6 OMIP experiment
square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water (canonical units: s-2)
2. Aliases
a. Sixteen aliases were created to change 'seasalt' to 'sea_salt'. Thank you to Daniel Neumann for pointing out inconsistencies in existing names.
This change ensures consistency across all sea_salt standard names. The definitions of the terms are unaffected.
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_gravitational_settling -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_gravitational_settling
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition
mass_fraction_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air -> mass_fraction_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_concentration_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air -> mass_concentration_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_seasalt_ambient_aerosol_particles -> atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_sea_salt_ambient_aerosol_particles
atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles -> atmosphere_mass_content_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles
atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_seasalt_ambient_aerosol_particles -> atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_sea_salt_ambient_aerosol_particles
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_turbulent_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_turbulent_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission
b. Three aliases were added to clarify recently created nitrogen deposition names (originally proposed by Daniel Neumann).
These names were changed to clarify that they refer to the mass of only the nitrogen contained in the compounds.
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nitrogen_due_to_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_deposition
     
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nitrogen_due_to_dry_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_dry_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nitrogen_due_to_wet_deposition -> tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_wet_deposition
c. Eight aliases were created to change 'sea_level' to 'mean_sea_level'.
This change was made to help clarify the difference between (instantaneous) sea surface height and mean sea level. In addition to creating the aliases the definitions were updated by removing the sentence 'sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas' and replacing it with ' "Mean sea level" means the time mean of sea surface elevation at a given location over an arbitrary period sufficient to eliminate the tidal signals.' Thanks to Jonathan Gregory and Roy Lowry for working on these changes.
air_pressure_at_sea_level -> air_pressure_at_mean_sea_level                           
sea_surface_height_above_sea_level -> sea_surface_height_above_mean_sea_level
sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level -> sea_floor_depth_below_mean_sea_level
tendency_of_sea_surface_height_above_sea_level -> tendency_of_sea_surface_height_above_mean_sea_level    
surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid -> surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity_assuming_mean_sea_level_for_geoid            
surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid -> surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity_assuming_mean_sea_level_for_geoid
surface_geostrophic_sea_water_x_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid -> surface_geostrophic_sea_water_x_velocity_assuming_mean_sea_level_for_geoid     
surface_geostrophic_sea_water_y_velocity_assuming_sea_level_for_geoid -> surface_geostrophic_sea_water_y_velocity_assuming_mean_sea_level_for_geoid
3. Modifications to definitions of existing names
a. Updates to _pm*_ definitions proposed by Daniel Neumann.
Daniel pointed out that all definitions of _pm*_ names described the aerosol particles as "atmospheric pollutants" but this is not correct in all cases, for example, sea salt is a naturally occurring aerosol. The definitions were updated to remove the reference to pollutants, e.g., the sentence ' "Pm1 aerosol" is an air pollutant with an aerodynamic diameter of less than or equal to 1 micrometer' was replaced with ' "Pm1 aerosol" means atmospheric particulate compounds with an aerodynamic diameter of less than or equal to 1 micrometer.' This change affects the 52 existing names listed below.
atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_pm1_ambient_aerosol_particles
atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_pm2p5_ambient_aerosol_particles
atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_pm10_ambient_aerosol_particles
mass_concentration_of_pm1_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_concentration_of_pm2p5_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_concentration_of_pm10_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm1_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air 
mass_fraction_of_pm1_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_ammonium_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_elemental_carbon_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_nitrate_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_expressed_as_carbon_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_sulfate_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_ammonium_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_elemental_carbon_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_nitrate_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_expressed_as_carbon_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_primary_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_pm10_sulfate_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_water_in_pm2p5_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
mass_fraction_of_water_in_pm10_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
number_concentration_of_pm2p5_aerosol_particles_in_air
number_concentration_of_pm10_aerosol_particles_in_air
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition  
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm2p5_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission 
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_dry_deposition
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission  tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_pm10_sea_salt_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_wet_deposition
b. Cross-references to mean_sea_level names
As a result of creating the aliases to change sea_level to mean_sea_level a number of definitions containing cross-references to those names were also updated. This change affects the 7 existing names listed below.
sea_surface_height_above_geoid
sea_surface_height_above_reference_ellipsoid
sea_water_mass_per_unit_area_expressed_as_thickness
surface_geostrophic_eastward_sea_water_velocity
surface_geostrophic_northward_sea_water_velocity
surface_geostrophic_sea_water_x_velocity
surface_geostrophic_sea_water_y_velocity
d. Minor correction to definitions of dissolved_inorganic_silicon names
One unnecessary occurrence of the word 'dissolved' was removed from the final sentence of the definitions of four existing names.
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_silicon_in_sea_water
tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_silicon_in_sea_water_due_to_biological_processes
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_dissolved_inorganic_silicon
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_dissolved_inorganic_silicon_due_to_biological_processes
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