On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 11:53 PM, Ute Brönner <ute.broen...@sintef.no> wrote:
> This is a citation of the CF standard > > The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. > "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). < ( > http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/28/ > build/cf-standard-name-table.html) > > In our model we distinguish between ice velocity and the water velocity > under the ice in addition to the (average) water velocity in the upper > layer. Guess we would be fine if surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity and > surface_northward_sea_water_velocity would not include ice per definition. > I"d like that too. unfortunately, someone put ""Water means water in all phases, including frozen i.e. ice and snow." in that definition at some point -- can we change it now? I wonder it was there for a real use case, or if that was a definition of "water" from elsewhere that got cut&pasted in... -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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