Dear Jonathan, Many thanks for your constructive response. As always your Standard Name grammar is more precise than mine and so I am happy with your suggestions providing Elodie and her colleagues have no problems.
Cheers, Roy. -----Original Message----- From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gregory Sent: 04 May 2016 14:05 To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Waves Dear Roy Thanks for redefining "wave height". That helps me understand! > - sea_surface_wave_average_height Could this be "mean" instead of "average"? > - sea_surface_wave_height_of_highest_tenth Given the definition, shouldn't this be sea_surface_wave_mean_height_of_highest_tenth > - sea_surface_wave_height_of_the_highest_crest > - sea_surface_wave_deepest_trough The definitions of these are symmetrical but the names aren't. For symmetry and consistency with other names, I'd suggest sea_surface_wave_maximum_crest_height sea_surface_wave_maximum_trough_depth thus avoiding "wave height", because it's not a wave height in your new definition. It is not unprecedented for "mean" and "maximum" to appear in standard names. I understand why you prefer to do it this way, although using cell_methods seems preferable to me. For significant wave height and mean of highest tenth we would need new cell_methods, which aren't needed elsewhere, so the argument is less strong for me in those cases. Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata ________________________________ This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. ________________________________ _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
