Dear Ute,
I would prefer the same Standard Name for the currents in a body of water whether or not it is covered by ice. What happens if you have a full year of data from a position where there is only ice for part of the year? Would you have a change of Standard Name for the water body currents when the ice melts? So, why not use 'eastward_sea_water_velocity' and 'northward_sea_water_velocity'? Cheers, Roy. Please note that I partially retired on 01/11/2015. I am now only working 7.5 hours a week and can only guarantee e-mail response on Wednesdays, my day in the office. All vocabulary queries should be sent to enquir...@bodc.ac.uk. Please also use this e-mail if your requirement is urgent. ________________________________ From: CF-metadata <cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu> on behalf of Ute Brönner <ute.broen...@sintef.no> Sent: 30 May 2017 15:39 To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Cc: Petter Rønningen; Morten Omholt Alver; Tor Nordam Subject: [CF-metadata] standard names under ice velocity of water Hei from Norway! Our institute produces metocean data including currents and ice with the variables eastward_sea_ice_velocity and northward_sea_ice_velocity surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity and surface_northward_sea_water_velocity The latter include the velocity of water and ice together: "Water" means water in all phases, including frozen i.e. ice and snow. A velocity is a vector quantity. "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). We are also storing the velocity of water under the ice (which one could assume as the difference of the two above, slightly more complicated I think). What would be the standard name for that velocity? If there isn't any yet, may we propose underice_eastward_sea_water_velocity and underice_northward_sea_water_velocity? With kind regards / med vennlig hilsen, Ute Ute Brönner Research Scientist & Senior Project Manager SINTEF Ocean Environmental Technology, Monitoring and Modelling www.sintef.no/DREAM<http://www.sintef.no/DREAM>, www.sintef.no/OSCAR<http://www.sintef.no/OSCAR> OSCAR – Oil Spill Contingency and Response - SINTEF<http://www.sintef.no/OSCAR> www.sintef.no DREAM – Dose-related Risk and Effects Assessment Model - SINTEF<http://www.sintef.no/DREAM> www.sintef.no Direct phone (+47) 998 98 987 Visiting: Brattørkaia 17C Post: SINTEF Ocean AS, Postbox 4762 Sluppen, N-7465 Trondheim Consider the environment before printing. Less print-outs, more trees, better planet. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata CF-metadata Info Page - mailman.cgd.ucar.edu Mailing Lists<http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata> mailman.cgd.ucar.edu This is an unmoderated list for discussions about interpretation, clarification, and proposals for extensions or change to the CF conventions. ________________________________ 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. ________________________________
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