Dear Martina Although the discussion was difficult, we did in the end reach an agreement to use the phrase "moles_of_X_in_atmosphere" for "burden". Please see Veronika Eyring's posting of 7 March 2008 http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2008/002049.html and Alison's follow-up http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2008/002051.html In the standard name table there are now quite a lot of names with this phrase, and also with tendency_of_moles_of_X_in_atmosphere.
> column_integrated_mass_density_of_X_in_air : kg.m-2 In existing standard names, this is called "atmosphere_mass_content_of_X", which corresponds to ... > tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_X_due_to_respiration : kg.m-2.s-1 Should "respiration" specify heterotrophic, plant or soil? We have distinct standard names of heterotrophic_respiration_carbon_flux:kg m-2 s-1 plant_respiration_carbon_flux:kg m-2 s-1 soil_respiration_carbon_flux:kg m-2 s-1 or do you mean the total? > tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_X_due_to_chemical_gross_production : > mol.m-3.s-1 > tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_X_due_to_chemical_gross_destruction : > mol.m-3.s-1 I think these should have "X_in_air", corresponding to existing standard names of mole_concentration_of_X_in_sea_water. > total_yearly_average_burden_of_X_in_atmosphere : mol That is moles_of_X_in_atmosphere, as above. The "yearly average" is indicated by the time-bounds and the cell_methods. > total_yearly_averaged_atmospheric_loss_of_X : mol.s-1 What does "loss" mean? Is this the time-derivative with a negative sign, or some specific removal processes? > surface_area_density_of_X : m-1 How is this defined? Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
