Hi all, following the suggestion from Philip, I hereby propose the addition of the following standard names. All are commonly used quantities used in satellite remote sensing of atmospheric trace gases, and all are commonly used in units of "molecules / cm^2":
- stratosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide - troposphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide - troposphere_mole_content_of_glyoxal - troposphere_mole_content_of_formaldehyde - troposphere_mole_content_of_iodine_monoxide - troposphere_mole_content_of_bromine_monoxide - troposphere_mole_content_of_sulfur_dioxide - troposphere_mole_content_of_ozone The respective definitions could be something along the lines of (borrowing from Christophe's ozone proposal): "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "troposphere/stratosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the tropopause / from the tropopause to the stratopause. 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 / glyoxal / formaldehyde / iodine_monoxide / bromine_monoxide / suflur_dioxide / ozone is NO2 / CHOCHO / HCHO / IO / BrO / SO2 / O3. The IUPAC name for glyoxal / formaldehyde / ozone is ethanedial / methanal / trioxygen. Cheers, Andreas. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
