Dear All,
The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now Version 55, dated 12 June 2018. The changes have also been published on the NERC Vocabulary Server. All changes are listed at the end of this message.
The next update of the standard name table is planned for 2 July 2018. There are now approximately 50 names that remain to be agreed for CMIP6, plus a small number of new area types. As soon as these are resolved I will begin to address the list of non-CMIP related names that are currently waiting for attention.
Best wishes,
Alison
1. New names
a. Names proposed by Martin Juckes for CMIP6 PMIP
minus_tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_deposition (Canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
minus_tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_insoluble_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_deposition (Canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
surface_net_downward_longwave_dust_ambient_aerosol_particles_direct_radiative_effect (Canonical units: W m-2)
surface_net_downward_longwave_dust_ambient_aerosol_particles_direct_radiative_effect_assuming_clear_sky (Canonical units: W m-2)
surface_net_downward_shortwave_dust_ambient_aerosol_particles_direct_radiative_effect (Canonical units: W m-2)
surface_net_downward_shortwave_dust_ambient_aerosol_particles_direct_radiative_effect_assuming_clear_sky (Canonical units: W m-2)
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_deposition (Canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
toa_longwave_dust_ambient_aerosol_particles_direct_radiative_effect_assuming_clear_sky (Canonical units: W m-2)
b. Names proposed by Martin Juckes for CMIP6 LS3MIP
canopy_snow_amount (Canonical units: kg m-2)
liquid_water_mass_flux_into_soil_due_to_surface_snow_melt (Canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
mass_content_of_water_in_soil_layer_defined_by_root_depth (Canonical units: kg m-2)
nudging_increment_in_mass_content_of_water_in_soil (Canonical units: kg m-2)
nudging_increment_in_snow_and_ice_amount_on_land (Canonical units: kg m-2)
river_water_volume_transport_into_cell (Canonical units: m3 s-1)
river_water_volume_transport_out_of_cell (Canonical units: m3 s-1)
surface_upward_latent_heat_flux_due_to_sublimation (Canonical units: W m-2)
tendency_of_surface_ice_amount_due_to_sublimation (Canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
c. Names proposed by Alison Pamment for CMIP6 DAMIP
mole_fraction_of_ox_in_air (Canonical units: 1)
photolysis_rate_of_molecular_oxygen (Canonical units: s-1)
photolysis_rate_of_ozone (Canonical units: s-1)
tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_ox_in_air_due_to_chemical_and_photolytic_production (Canonical units: mol m-3 s-1)
tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_ox_in_air_due_to_chemical_destruction (Canonical units: mol m-3 s-1)
2. New aliases
Two aliases were added in this update to make existing sublimation names consistent with new names agreed for LS3MIP and with other existing names.
surface_snow_and_ice_sublimation_flux -> tendency_of_surface_snow_and_ice_amount_due_to_sublimation
surface_snow_sublimation_amount -> tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_sublimation
3. Modifications to definitions of existing names
a. A definition of 'boundary layer mixing' was agreed during the discussion of names recently added for CMIP6 DynvarMIP: ' "Boundary layer mixing" means turbulent motions that transport heat, water, momentum and chemical constituents within the atmospheric boundary layer and affect exchanges between the surface and the atmosphere. The atmospheric boundary layer is typically characterised by a well-mixed sub-cloud layer of order 500 metres, and by a more extended conditionally unstable layer with boundary-layer clouds up to 2 km. (Reference: IPCC Third Assessment Report, Working Group 1: The Scientific Basis, 7.2.2.3,
https://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/tar/wg1/273.htm).' This has now been added to the definitions of 8 existing boundary layer names:
tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_boundary_layer_mixing
tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_stratiform_cloud_and_precipitation_and_boundary_layer_mixing
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_condensed_water_in_air_due_to_boundary_layer_mixing
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_ice_in_air_due_to_boundary_layer_mixing
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_liquid_water_in_air_due_to_boundary_layer_mixing
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_liquid_water_in_air_due_to_condensation_and_evaporation_from_boundary_layer_mixing
tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_boundary_layer_mixing
tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_stratiform_cloud_and_precipitation_and_boundary_layer_mixing
b. The definitions of two existing graupel names were updated to include the recently agreed description: 'Graupel consists of heavily rimed snow particles, often called snow pellets; often indistinguishable from very small soft hail except when the size convention that hail must have a diameter greater than 5 mm is adopted. Reference: American Meteorological Society Glossary
http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Graupel. There are also separate standard names for hail. Standard names for "graupel_and_hail" should be used to describe data produced by models that do not distinguish between hail and graupel.'
mass_fraction_of_graupel_in_air
stratiform_graupel_flux
c. The definition of photolysis_rate_of_ozone_to_1D_oxygen_atom was updated to cross-reference one of the newly added DAMIP names.
d. Typographical errors and omissions were corrected in the definitions of 5 existing names:
litter_mass_content_of_nitrogen
ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_temperature
tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_stratiform_precipitation
water_volume_transport_into_sea_water_from_rivers
wood_debris_mass_content_of_carbon
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Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065
NCAS/Centre for Environmental Data Archival Email: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
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Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.
Received on Tue Jun 12 2018 - 06:40:23 BST
