On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Jonathan Gregory <j.m.greg...@reading.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thanks - I understand. In choosing CF standard names we generally assume > that > the intention is to be comprehensive by default, and we add more words in > order > to be specific, for example atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_cloud means > all kinds of cloud, and > atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_convective_cloud > is more restrictive. Omitting "total" in your name would be consistent with > this pattern, in order to mean all phases. > Indeed -- however, the "total" in "total petroleum hydrocarbons" is very much part of the name in common usage. And I think the "total" refers both to phase: droplets vs dissolved, and also to the multiple compounds and classes of compound, like in contrast, with, say" Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon" (PAH). So I say we keep the "total" in the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_petroleum_hydrocarbon If someone is concerned about what the instrument measures, I'd ask someone technical at the company of TPH captures it for them. (after all, what the instrument REALLY measures is Fluorescence...) -CHB > > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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