Dear Karl I agree. Alison is doing a phenomenal job, and Martin has also been making great efforts in dealing with many different requests. Thank you.
Best wishes Jonathan ----- Forwarded message from Karl Taylor <taylo...@llnl.gov> ----- > Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 08:10:07 -0700 > From: Karl Taylor <taylo...@llnl.gov> > To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name and area type tables May update > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:52.0) > Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 > > Hi all, > > Thanks to everyone making the push to get all the names defined for > CMIP6. Alison, who must be working close to full time on this, > deserves special recognition. > > best wishes, > Karl > > > On 5/17/18 7:41 AM, Alison Pamment - UKRI STFC wrote: > >Dear All, > > > >The standard name and area type tables have both been updated. The standard > >name table is now at Version 52 and the area type table is at Version 8, > >both dated 16 May 2018. The standard name changes have also been published > >on the NERC Vocabulary Server and the area type changes will be added > >shortly. The full list of changes is given at the end of this message. > > > >Good progress is being made on publishing the various sets of names needed > >for CMIP6 but there are more to come. There are also standard names > >unrelated to CMIP under active discussion. Due to the current high volume of > >names being processed, I will plan the next update to take place on 29th May. > > > >Best wishes, > >Alison > > > >--- > > > >V8 area type changes > > > >One new area type has been added in support of the CMIP6 LUMIP project: > >herbaceous_vegetation > >'Herbaceous plants are plants with very flexible stems. Their leaves and > >stems die down to soil level at the end of every growing season. Herbaceous > >plants can be annual, biennial or perennial.' > > > >--- > > > >V51 standard name changes > > > >1. New names > > > >a. Hail and graupel names proposed by Burkhardt Rockel > >atmosphere_mass_content_of_graupel (canonical units: kg m-2) > >atmosphere_mass_content_of_graupel_and_hail (canonical units: kg m-2) > >atmosphere_mass_content_of_hail (canonical units: kg m-2) > >graupel_and_hail_fall_amount (canonical units: kg m-2) > >graupel_and_hail_fall_flux (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >graupel_fall_flux (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >hail_fall_amount (canonical units: kg m-2) > >hail_fall_flux (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >mass_fraction_of_graupel_and_hail_in_air (canonical units: 1) > >mass_fraction_of_hail_in_air (canonical units: 1) > > > >b. Atmospheric composition names proposed by Maarten Sneep > >atmosphere_mole_content_of_carbon_monoxide (canonical units: mol m-2) > >atmosphere_mole_content_of_methane (canonical units: mol m-2) > >atmosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide (canonical units: mol m-2) > >atmosphere_mole_content_of_water_vapor (canonical units: mol m-2) > >mole_content_of_carbon_monoxide_in_atmosphere_layer (canonical units: mol > >m-2) > >mole_content_of_methane_in_atmosphere_layer (canonical units: mol m-2) > >mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide_in_atmosphere_layer (canonical units: mol > >m-2) > >N.B. There is an open discussion regarding whether we should continue to > >have separate atmosphere and atmosphere_layer names for the same quantity, > >or make them aliases. > > > >c. Coordinate variable names proposed by Sebastien Villaume for use with > >ocean models > >sea_water_sigma_t_difference (canonical units: kg m-3) > >sea_water_sigma_theta_difference (canonical units: kg m-3) > >sea_water_temperature_difference (canonical units: K) > > > >d. Names proposed by Martin Juckes for CMIP6 PMIP > >isotope_ratio_of_17O_to_16O_in_sea_water_excluding_solutes_and_solids > >(canonical units: 1) > >isotope_ratio_of_18O_to_16O_in_sea_water_excluding_solutes_and_solids > >(canonical units: 1) > >mass_content_of_water_vapor_containing_17O_in_atmosphere_layer (canonical > >units: kg m-2) > >mass_content_of_water_vapor_containing_18O_in_atmosphere_layer (canonical > >units: kg m-2) > >mass_content_of_water_vapor_containing_single_2H_in_atmosphere_layer > >(canonical units: kg m-2) > >precipitation_flux_containing_17O (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >precipitation_flux_containing_18O (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >precipitation_flux_containing_single_2H (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >solid_precipitation_flux_containing_17O (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >solid_precipitation_flux_containing_18O (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >solid_precipitation_flux_containing_single_2H (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > > > >gross_primary_productivity_of_biomass_expressed_as_13C (canonical units: kg > >m-2 s-1) > >gross_primary_productivity_of_biomass_expressed_as_14C (canonical units: kg > >m-2 s-1) > >litter_mass_content_of_nitrogen (canonical units: kg m-2) > >mass_content_of_carbon_in_vegetation_and_litter_and_soil_and_forestry_and_agricultural_products > > (canonical units: kg m-2) > >mass_content_of_nitrogen_in_vegetation_and_litter_and_soil_and_forestry_and_agricultural_products > > (canonical units: kg m-2) > >mass_flux_of_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_out_of_litter_and_soil_due_to_immobilisation_and_remineralization > >mass_flux_of_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_out_of_vegetation_and_litter_and_soil_due_to_leaching_and_runoff > >nitrogen_mass_content_of_forestry_and_agricultural_products (canonical > >units: kg m-2) > >soil_mass_content_of_nitrogen (canonical units: kg m-2) > >solid_precipitation_flux (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >surface_net_downward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_13C_due_to_all_land_processes > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >surface_net_downward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_14C_due_to_all_land_processes > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_13C_due_to_heterotrophic_respiration > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_13C_due_to_plant_respiration > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_14C_due_to_heterotrophic_respiration > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_14C_due_to_plant_respiration > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >surface_upward_mass_flux_of_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen > >(canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >surface_upward_mass_flux_of_nitrous_oxide_expressed_as_nitrogen_out_of_vegetation_and_litter_and_soil > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >tendency_of_vegetation_mass_content_of_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_fixation > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >vegetation_mass_content_of_nitrogen (canonical units: kg m-2) > > > >e. Names proposed by Martin Juckes for CMIP6 C4MIP > >net_primary_productivity_of_biomass_expressed_as_carbon_accumulated_in_stems > >(canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > >tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nitrogen_compounds_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_anthropogenic_emission > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > > > >f. Names proposed by Martin Juckes for CMIP6 AerChemMIP > >integral_wrt_time_of_mole_stomatal_uptake_of_ozone (canonical units: mol m-2) > >tendency_of_atmosphere_mole_concentration_of_nitrous_oxide_due_to_chemical_destruction > > (canonical units: mol m-3 s-1) > >volume_scattering_function_of_radiative_flux_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles > > (canonical units: m-1 sr-1) > > > >g. Names proposed by Martin Juckes for CMIP6 VolMIP > >stratosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles > >stratosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_sulfate_ambient_aerosol_particles > >(canonical units: 1) > >stratosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_volcanic_ambient_aerosol_particles > >(canonical units: 1) > >surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_due_to_volcanic_ambient_aerosol_particles > > (canonical units: Wm-2) > >surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_due_to_volcanic_ambient_aerosol_particles > > (canonical units: Wm-2) > >tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_longwave_heating_from_volcanic_ambient_aerosol_particles > > (canonical units: K s-1) > >tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_shortwave_heating_from_volcanic_ambient_aerosol_particles > > (canonical units: K s-1) > >toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_due_to_volcanic_ambient_aerosol_particles_assuming_clear_sky > > (canonical units: Wm-2) > >toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_due_to_volcanic_ambient_aerosol_particles_assuming_clear_sky > > (canonical units: Wm-2) > > > >h. Name proposed by Martin Juckes for CMIP6 ISMIP > >land_ice_basal_temperature (canonical units: K) > > > >i. Name proposed by Martin Juckes for CMIP6 LUMIP > >surface_upward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_expressed_as_carbon_due_to_anthropogenic_land_use_or_land_cover_change_excluding_forestry_and_agricultural_products > > (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1) > > > >2. New aliases > > > >a. Aliases resulting from discussion of limits on integrals for full depth > >names (Sebastien Villaume's question > >http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2018/060018.html) > >Previously we had two names > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_temperature_in_ocean_layer and > >ocean_integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_temperature. These had aliases of > >integral_of_sea_water_temperature_wrt_depth_in_ocean_layer and > >ocean_integral_of_sea_water_temperature_wrt_depth, respectively. The two > >existing names and their aliases have now all been turned into aliases of > >one current name. > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_temperature_in_ocean_layer -> > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_temperature > >ocean_integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_temperature -> > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_temperature > >integral_of_sea_water_temperature_wrt_depth_in_ocean_layer -> > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_temperature > >ocean_integral_of_sea_water_temperature_wrt_depth -> > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_temperature > > > >b. Aliases resulting from discussion of AerChemMIP volume scattering > >function name > >volume_scattering_coefficient_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles -> > >volume_scattering_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles > >volume_scattering_coefficient_in_air_due_to_dried_aerosol_particles -> > >volume_scattering_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_air_due_to_dried_aerosol_particles > > > >c. Martin Juckes reported a typographical error (an extra '_of_') in one > >existing name > >tendency_of_atmosphere_of_mole_concentration_of_carbon_monoxide_due_to_chemical_destruction > > -> > >tendency_of_atmosphere_mole_concentration_of_carbon_monoxide_due_to_chemical_destruction > > > >3. Modifications to definitions of existing names > > > >a. Integral_wrt_depth/height names > >Sebastien Villaume asked how to specify the limits of an integral calculated > >over the full depth of the ocean or atmosphere > >(http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2018/060018.html). It was > >agreed to amend the definitions of all integral_wrt_depth|height names to > >read as follows: 'The phrase "integral_wrt_X_of_Y" means int Y dX. To > >specify the limits of the integral the data variable should have an axis for > >X and associated coordinate bounds. If no axis for X is associated with the > >data variable, or no coordinate bounds are specified, it is assumed that the > >integral is calculated over the entire vertical extent of the medium, e.g, > >if the medium is air the integral is assumed to be calculated over the full > >depth of the atmosphere.' Previously the definitions provided no > >instructions for the full depth case. This change affects the following 11 > >names. > >integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_conservative_temperature > >integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_potential_temperature > >integral_wrt_depth_of_product_of_sea_water_density_and_salinity > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_ice_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_practical_salinity > >integral_wrt_depth_of_sea_water_temperature > >integral_wrt_depth_of_tendency_of_sea_water_alkalinity_expressed_as_mole_equivalent > >integral_wrt_depth_of_tendency_of_sea_water_alkalinity_expressed_as_mole_equivalent_due_to_biological_processes > >integral_wrt_height_of_product_of_eastward_wind_and_specific_humidity > >integral_wrt_height_of_product_of_northward_wind_and_specific_humidity > >b. Martin Juckes requested the addition of a definition for > >number_of_icebergs_per_unit_area so that software would not return an empty > >string or 'No help available'. A brief definition was added: 'The number of > >icebergs per unit area.' > > > >c. Sebastien Villaume requested that the definitions of three existing ocean > >mixed layer names be modified to include references to coordinate variables. > >Standard names for the coordinate variables themselves were also added in > >this update (see 1c above). > > > >ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t > >'The ocean mixed layer is the upper part of the ocean, regarded as being > >well-mixed. The base of the mixed layer defined by temperature, sigma or > >sigma_theta is the level at which the quantity indicated differs from its > >surface value by a certain amount. A coordinate variable or scalar > >coordinate variable with standard name sea_water_sigma_t_difference can be > >used to specify the sigma_t criterion that determines the layer thickness.' > > > >ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_theta > >'The ocean mixed layer is the upper part of the ocean, regarded as being > >well-mixed. The base of the mixed layer defined by temperature, sigma or > >sigma_theta is the level at which the quantity indicated differs from its > >surface value by a certain amount. A coordinate variable or scalar > >coordinate variable with standard name sea_water_sigma_theta_difference can > >be used to specify the sigma_theta criterion that determines the layer > >thickness.' > > > >ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_temperature > >'The ocean mixed layer is the upper part of the ocean, regarded as being > >well-mixed. The base of the mixed layer defined by temperature, sigma or > >sigma_theta is the level at which the quantity indicated differs from its > >surface value by a certain amount. A coordinate variable or scalar > >coordinate variable with standard name sea_water_temperature_difference can > >be used to specify the temperature criterion that determines the layer > >thickness.' > > > >d. A typographical error was corrected in the definition of soil_pool. > > > >e. The definition of > >volume_scattering_function_of_radiative_flux_in_sea_water was updated to be > >consistent with that of the new AerChemMIP name > >volume_scattering_function_of_radiative_flux_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles. > > The definition now reads: > >'Radiative flux is the sum of shortwave and longwave radiative fluxes. > >Scattering of radiation is its deflection from its incident path without > >loss of energy. The volume scattering function is the intensity (flux per > >unit solid angle) of scattered radiation per unit length of scattering > >medium, normalised by the incident radiation flux. The (range of) > >direction(s) of scattering can be specified by a coordinate of > >scattering_angle. A coordinate variable of radiation_wavelength or > >radiation_frequency can be specified to indicate that the scattering applies > >at specific wavelengths or frequencies.' > > > >--- > > > >------ > >Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 > >NCAS/Centre for Environmental Data Archival Email: > >alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk > >STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory > >R25, 2.22 > >Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >CF-metadata mailing list > >CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > >http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
