> I had the same gut reaction as you and almost came up with the same response > until I read the definition "Content indicates a quantity per unit area" on > 369 Standard Names. So, perhaps Olivier is being consistent and tha handful > of 'per_unit_area" Standard Names are not.
I think Olivier is being consistent, but we have synonymous phrases, and in this case I feel that such freedom is useful! We can't make standard names completely systematic, because they also have to be reasonably natural English, I would say. Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata