Hello: My group is producing a climate data record (CDR) of satellite-based cloud property retrievals in support of the NOAA CDR program. When we do our retrievals, we do not directly retrieve parameters at cloud top but rather at some depth within the cloud where the infrared radiation is emitted. We call this depth within the cloud the "cloud radiative center". I see that NetCDF standard names exist for cloud top parameters, but none for the cloud radiative center. So I propose that the following new standard names be added to the list. Perhaps the wording could be adjusted to some degree, but we have to incorporate the concept of cloud radiative center into the name
height_at the_cloud_radiative_center air_temperature_at_the_cloud_radiative_center pressure_at_the_cloud_radiative_center Kris ========================================================= Kristopher Bedka Senior Research Scientist Science Systems & Applications, Inc. @ NASA Langley Research Center Climate Science Branch 1 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 200 Hampton, VA 23666 Primary Office Phone: (757) 864-5798 Secondary Office Phone: (757) 951-1920 Fax: (757) 951-1902 kristopher.m.be...@nasa.gov =========================================================
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