Dear CF, I have oceanographic data from IES instruments (inverted echo sounder) that I would like to publish via OceanSITES in a CF-compliant form. The data in question are acoustic travel times from the echo sounding device. This means the time it took for the acoustic signal to run from the instrument (which sits on the seafloor) to the sea surface and back to the instrument. These data are commonly used as a proxy for ocean heat content.
I don't think there is a suitable CF standard_name out there, and ask for your help in finding/creating one. Which of the following sound good? acoustic_travel_time vertical_acoustic_travel_time roundtrip_acoustic_travel_time_in_sea_water echo_sounder_acoustic_travel_time ...I could think of a couple more combinations using the words above, but would like to hear other people's opinions. The canonical units would obviously be seconds. I assume the data would need some additional description to denote the vertical extent of the measurement, such as cell_bounds and cell_methods='Z:sum'. Any comments? Kind regards, Matthias -- _______________________________________ Dr. Matthias Lankhorst Scripps Institution of Oceanography 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0230 La Jolla, CA 92093-0230 USA Phone: +1 858 822 5013 Fax: +1 858 534 9820 E-Mail: mlankho...@ucsd.edu http://www-pord.ucsd.edu/~mlankhorst/ _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
