Dear Maarten
These make sense to me and appear to conform to current patterns.
Best wishes
Jonathan
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> Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:00:01 +0200
> From: Maarten Sneep <maarten.sneep at knmi.nl>
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name proposal related to methane, water
> vapor, carbon monoxide, semi-heavy water, and nitrogen dioxide.
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> Hi,
>
> I haven't heard anything after sending this in. Can these names be considered for
> inclusion in the standard_name list?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Maarten Sneep
>
> On 23/02/18 15:04, Maarten Sneep wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to propose the following standard names:
> >
> > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_methane
> > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_water_vapor
> > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_carbon_monoxide
> > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_semiheavy_water_vapor
> > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide
> >
> > Details are provided below.
> >
> > atmosphere_mole_content_of_methane
> > Canonical units: mol/m2
> > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content"
> > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the
> > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard
> > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction
> > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X
> > above a unit area. The chemical formula for methane is CH4. Methane is a member of
> > the group of hydrocarbons known as alkanes. There are standard names for the alkane
> > group as well as for some of the individual species.
> >
> > (References: atmosphere_mass_content_of_methane, atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone;
> > for ozone both mole content and mass content exist).
> >
> >
> > atmosphere_column_average_mole_fraction_of_methane_in_dry_air
> > Canonical units: 1
> >
> >
> > atmosphere_mole_content_of_water_vapor
> > Canonical units: mol/m2
> > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content"
> > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the
> > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard
> > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction
> > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X
> > above a unit area. The chemical formula for water is H2O. Atmosphere water vapor
> > content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this term does not
> > imply the water could all be precipitated.
> >
> > (References: atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor,
> > atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone; for ozone both mole content and mass content exist).
> >
> >
> > atmosphere_mole_content_of_carbon_monoxide
> > Canonical units: mol/m2
> > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content"
> > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the
> > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard
> > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction
> > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X
> > above a unit area. The chemical formula for carbon monoxide is CO.
> >
> > (References: atmosphere_mass_content_of_carbon_monoxide,
> > atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone; for ozone both mole content and mass content exist).
> >
> >
> > atmosphere_mole_content_of_semiheavy_water_vapor
> > Canonical units: mol/m2
> > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content"
> > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the
> > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard
> > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction
> > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X
> > above a unit area. The chemical formula for semi-heavy water is HDO, water with one
> > hydrogen replaced by deuterium.
> >
> > Note: This one is tricky, HDO is not D2O, so the correct term is not heavy water.
> > Open for suggestions here.
> >
> >
> > atmosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide
> > Canonical units: mol/m2
> > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content"
> > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the
> > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard
> > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction
> > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X
> > above a unit area. The chemical formula for nitrogen_dioxide is NO2.
> >
> > (References: troposphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide,
> > stratosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide).
>
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