Dear All, There have been no further comments in this thread since my last posting. Therefore the names > water_surface_height_above_reference_datum > water_surface_reference_datum_altitude are accepted for inclusion in the standard name table.
Best wishes, Alison > > Dear All, > > I have reviewed this thread which caused considerable discussion during > February/March. There seems to be general agreement on introducing the > name > water_surface_height_above_reference_datum > for the height of the surface of any water body, be it sea, lake or > river above an arbitrary reference datum. > > During the discussion it was not established how the reference datum > itself would be specified. Jonathan suggested that for an arbitrary > but fixed reference datum we might add another standard name along the > lines of: > water_surface_reference_datum_altitude > while for a temporally and spatially varying reference datum, e.g. > geoid, reference ellipsoid, the datum should form part of the name as > is the current practice for sea_surface_height names. I think this > sounds like a reasonable approach, but no one else has commented on > this idea. > > It was agreed to postpone the discussion of a general term to describe > 'sea/lake/river' until such time as a use case emerges as part of a > firm standard name proposal. However, for future reference, I note > that the three ideas arising from this discussion (and which have found > some support) are: > 1) a compound term such as sea_lake_river or sea_or_lake_or_river > (Jonathan); > 2) water_body (Roy, Seth); > 3) defining the unqualified term 'water' to mean water in a water body > (Nan). > > I would like to draw this thread to a conclusion and it seems that the > most pressing question is how to describe the datum. If there are no > further comments within fourteen days, the name > water_surface_height_above_reference_datum will be accepted for > inclusion in the standard name table along with Jonathan's suggestion > of > water_surface_reference_datum_altitude. > > Best wishes, > Alison > ------ Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Fax: +44 1235 446314 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Email: alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. -- Scanned by iCritical. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
