[CF-metadata] new standard name: automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier

[rho...@excaliburlabs.com]

Dear All:

 The following is proposal for a tropical cyclone identifier that is currently 
used extensively.

 Name:
 automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier

 Definition:
 Contains an 8 character string, BBCC which identifies a tropical cyclone.

 BB is the ocean basin, specifically:
 AL - North Atlantic basin; north of the Equator
 SL - South Atlantic basin; south of the Equator
 EP - North East Pacific basin; eastward of 140 degrees west longitude
 CP - North Central Pacific basin; between the dateline and 140 degrees west 
longitude
 WP -North West Pacific basin; westward of the dateline
 IO - North Indian Ocean basin; north of the Equator between 40 and 100 degrees 
east longitude
 SH - South Pacific Ocean basin and South Indian Ocean basin

 CC is the cyclone number.
 Numbers 01 through 49 are reserved for tropical and subtropical cyclones. A 
cyclone number is assigned to each tropical or subtropical cyclone in each 
basin as it develops. Numbers are assigned in chronological order.   Numbers 50 
through 79 are reserved for internal use by operational forecast centers.   
Numbers 80 through 89 are reserved for training, exercises and testing.  
Numbers 90 through 99 are reserved for tropical disturbances having the 
potential to become tropical or subtropical cyclones.  The 90's are assigned 
sequentially and reused throughout the calendar year.

  is the four-digit year
 Calendar year for the northern hemisphere.  For the southern hemisphere, the 
year begins July 1, with calendar year plus one.

 Canonical units:
 1



 very respectfully,

 randy


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Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name: automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier

[Carlomusto, Michael]

Thread: "new standard name: 
automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier"
(http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2014/057390.html)


Current status: Under discussion.
automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier (canonical 
units: 1) ' Definition:
Contains an 8 character string, BBCC which identifies a tropical cyclone. A 
string type variable should not normally have a "units" attribute.
BB is the ocean basin, specifically:
AL - North Atlantic basin; north of the Equator SL - South Atlantic basin; 
south of the Equator EP - North East Pacific basin; eastward of 140 degrees 
west longitude CP - North Central Pacific basin; between the dateline and 140 
degrees west longitude WP -North West Pacific basin; westward of the dateline 
IO - North Indian Ocean basin; north of the Equator between 40 and 100 degrees 
east longitude SH - South Pacific Ocean basin and South Indian Ocean basin  CC 
is the cyclone number.
Numbers 01 through 49 are reserved for tropical and subtropical cyclones. A 
cyclone number is assigned to each tropical or subtropical cyclone in each 
basin as it develops. Numbers are assigned in chronological order.   Numbers 50 
through 79 are reserved for internal use by operational forecast centers.   
Numbers 80 through 89 are reserved for training, exercises and testing.  
Numbers 90 through 99 are reserved for tropical disturbances having the 
potential to become tropical or subtropical cyclones.  The 90's are assigned 
sequentially and reused throughout the calendar year.
 is the four-digit year
Calendar year for the northern hemisphere.  For the southern hemisphere, the 
year begins July 1, with calendar year plus one.'

Alison Pamment wrote on 2  July 2015:

No comments were received on this name following the original proposal. We have 
existing standard names for string valued variables such as region, area_type, 
platform_name and sensor_band_identifier. The values of the first two are 
standardised while the second two are not. The proposed name would be another 
example of a standardised string valued variable and the possible values are 
described in the definition, so that is fine. A string type variable should not 
normally have a "units" attribute so the canonical units should be left blank. 
(I've added a sentence to the definition regarding units).  As for the name 
itself, is there only one "automated tropical cyclone forecasting system" in 
existence? I.e. is  the naming convention referred to in this name universally 
recognised or are there any "competitor" names that could be assigned to the 
same cyclone by a different forecasting system?

Reply by Michael Carlomusto on 3 July 2015:

To answer Alison's questions -

1)  There is only one Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF) 
which was first defined in an American Meteorological Society journal -
Miller, R.J., Schrader, A.J., Sampson, C.R., & Tsui, T.L. (1990). The Automated 
Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF), Computer Techniques, 5, 653-660.

2)  There are many tropical cyclone naming conventions, both current and 
deprecated, but only one "ATCF" storm identifier.


I would like to submit the following revised proposal (Alison - please 
edit/delete the canonical units according to the convention. I literally just 
left it blank.  Thanks):

automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier (canonical 
units: ) ' Definition:
The Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF) storm identifier is an 
8 character string which identifies a tropical cyclone. A string type variable 
should not normally have a "units" attribute. The storm identifier has the form 
BBCC, where
BB is the ocean basin, specifically: AL - North Atlantic basin, north of the 
Equator; SL - South Atlantic basin, south of the Equator; EP - North East 
Pacific basin, eastward of 140 degrees west longitude; CP - North Central 
Pacific basin, between the dateline and 140 degrees west longitude; WP -North 
West Pacific basin, westward of the dateline; IO - North Indian Ocean basin, 
north of the Equator between 40 and 100 degrees east longitude; SH - South 
Pacific Ocean basin and South Indian Ocean basin.
CC is the cyclone number. Numbers 01 through 49 are reserved for tropical and 
subtropical cyclones. A cyclone number is assigned to each tropical or 
subtropical cyclone in each basin as it develops. Numbers are assigned in 
chronological order. Numbers 50 through 79 are reserved for internal use by 
operational forecast centers. Numbers 80 through 89 are reserved for training, 
exercises and testing. Numbers 90 through 99 are reserved for tropical 
disturbances having the potential to become tropical or subtropical cyclones. 
The 90's are assigned sequentially and reused throughout the calendar year.
 is the four-digit year. This is calendar year for the northern hemisphere. 
For the southern hemisphere, the year begins July 1, with calendar year plus

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name: automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier

[John Graybeal]

Like it with the ATCF  references, thank you. 

I think the parenthetical about “A string type variable should not normally 
have a “units” attribute.” is unnecessary, can we delete it?

John

> On Jul 3, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Carlomusto, Michael  wrote:
> 
> Thread: "new standard name: 
> automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier"
> (http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2014/057390.html 
> )
>  
>  
> Current status: Under discussion.
> automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier (canonical 
> units: 1) ' Definition:
> Contains an 8 character string, BBCC which identifies a tropical cyclone. 
> A string type variable should not normally have a "units" attribute.
> BB is the ocean basin, specifically:
> AL - North Atlantic basin; north of the Equator SL - South Atlantic basin; 
> south of the Equator EP - North East Pacific basin; eastward of 140 degrees 
> west longitude CP - North Central Pacific basin; between the dateline and 140 
> degrees west longitude WP -North West Pacific basin; westward of the dateline 
> IO - North Indian Ocean basin; north of the Equator between 40 and 100 
> degrees east longitude SH - South Pacific Ocean basin and South Indian Ocean 
> basin  CC is the cyclone number.
> Numbers 01 through 49 are reserved for tropical and subtropical cyclones. A 
> cyclone number is assigned to each tropical or subtropical cyclone in each 
> basin as it develops. Numbers are assigned in chronological order.   Numbers 
> 50 through 79 are reserved for internal use by operational forecast centers.  
>  Numbers 80 through 89 are reserved for training, exercises and testing.  
> Numbers 90 through 99 are reserved for tropical disturbances having the 
> potential to become tropical or subtropical cyclones.  The 90's are assigned 
> sequentially and reused throughout the calendar year.
>  is the four-digit year
> Calendar year for the northern hemisphere.  For the southern hemisphere, the 
> year begins July 1, with calendar year plus one.'
>  
> Alison Pamment wrote on 2  July 2015:
>  
> No comments were received on this name following the original proposal. We 
> have existing standard names for string valued variables such as region, 
> area_type, platform_name and sensor_band_identifier. The values of the first 
> two are standardised while the second two are not. The proposed name would be 
> another example of a standardised string valued variable and the possible 
> values are described in the definition, so that is fine. A string type 
> variable should not normally have a "units" attribute so the canonical units 
> should be left blank. (I've added a sentence to the definition regarding 
> units).  As for the name itself, is there only one "automated tropical 
> cyclone forecasting system" in existence? I.e. is  the naming convention 
> referred to in this name universally recognised or are there any "competitor" 
> names that could be assigned to the same cyclone by a different forecasting 
> system?
>  
> Reply by Michael Carlomusto on 3 July 2015:
>  
> To answer Alison’s questions –
> 1)  There is only one Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF) 
> which was first defined in an American Meteorological Society journal -
> Miller, R.J., Schrader, A.J., Sampson, C.R., & Tsui, T.L. (1990). The 
> Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF), Computer Techniques, 5, 
> 653–660.  
> 2)  There are many tropical cyclone naming conventions, both current and 
> deprecated, but only one “ATCF” storm identifier.
>  
>   
> I would like to submit the following revised proposal (Alison – please 
> edit/delete the canonical units according to the convention. I literally just 
> left it blank.  Thanks):
>  
> automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier (canonical 
> units: ) ' Definition:
> The Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF) storm identifier is 
> an 8 character string which identifies a tropical cyclone. A string type 
> variable should not normally have a "units" attribute. The storm identifier 
> has the form BBCC, where
> BB is the ocean basin, specifically: AL - North Atlantic basin, north of the 
> Equator; SL - South Atlantic basin, south of the Equator; EP - North East 
> Pacific basin, eastward of 140 degrees west longitude; CP - North Central 
> Pacific basin, between the dateline and 140 degrees west longitude; WP -North 
> West Pacific basin, westward of the dateline; IO - North Indian Ocean basin, 
> north of the Equator between 40 and 100 degrees east longitude; SH - South 
> Pacific Ocean basin and South Indian Ocean basin. 
> CC is the cyclone number. Numbers 01 through 49 are reserved for tropical and 
> subtropical cyclones. A cyclone number is assigned to each tropical or 
> subtropical cyclone in each basin as it develops. Numbers are assigned in 
> chronological order. Numbers 50 through 79 a

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name: automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier - GOES-R

[alison.pamment]

Dear Michael and John,

(I’ve added “GOES-R” to the subject line of this thread, just to make the 
context clear).

Thank you both for your comments on this name. I think the clarification to the 
definition and the inclusion of the reference are very useful. I’m happy not to 
include the sentence about strings in the definition. I’ll send a separate post 
regarding string valued standard names shortly (it won’t have any new 
implications for this name).

This name is now accepted for publication in the standard name table and will 
be part of the update on July 8.

Best wishes,
Alison

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From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of John 
Graybeal
Sent: 04 July 2015 17:08
To: Carlomusto, Michael; cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name: 
automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier

Like it with the ATCF  references, thank you.

I think the parenthetical about “A string type variable should not normally 
have a “units” attribute.” is unnecessary, can we delete it?

John

On Jul 3, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Carlomusto, Michael 
mailto:mcarl...@harris.com>> wrote:

Thread: "new standard name: 
automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier"
(http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2014/057390.html)


Current status: Under discussion.
automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier (canonical 
units: 1) ' Definition:
Contains an 8 character string, BBCC which identifies a tropical cyclone. A 
string type variable should not normally have a "units" attribute.
BB is the ocean basin, specifically:
AL - North Atlantic basin; north of the Equator SL - South Atlantic basin; 
south of the Equator EP - North East Pacific basin; eastward of 140 degrees 
west longitude CP - North Central Pacific basin; between the dateline and 140 
degrees west longitude WP -North West Pacific basin; westward of the dateline 
IO - North Indian Ocean basin; north of the Equator between 40 and 100 degrees 
east longitude SH - South Pacific Ocean basin and South Indian Ocean basin  CC 
is the cyclone number.
Numbers 01 through 49 are reserved for tropical and subtropical cyclones. A 
cyclone number is assigned to each tropical or subtropical cyclone in each 
basin as it develops. Numbers are assigned in chronological order.   Numbers 50 
through 79 are reserved for internal use by operational forecast centers.   
Numbers 80 through 89 are reserved for training, exercises and testing.  
Numbers 90 through 99 are reserved for tropical disturbances having the 
potential to become tropical or subtropical cyclones.  The 90's are assigned 
sequentially and reused throughout the calendar year.
 is the four-digit year
Calendar year for the northern hemisphere.  For the southern hemisphere, the 
year begins July 1, with calendar year plus one.'

Alison Pamment wrote on 2  July 2015:

No comments were received on this name following the original proposal. We have 
existing standard names for string valued variables such as region, area_type, 
platform_name and sensor_band_identifier. The values of the first two are 
standardised while the second two are not. The proposed name would be another 
example of a standardised string valued variable and the possible values are 
described in the definition, so that is fine. A string type variable should not 
normally have a "units" attribute so the canonical units should be left blank. 
(I've added a sentence to the definition regarding units).  As for the name 
itself, is there only one "automated tropical cyclone forecasting system" in 
existence? I.e. is  the naming convention referred to in this name universally 
recognised or are there any "competitor" names that could be assigned to the 
same cyclone by a different forecasting system?

Reply by Michael Carlomusto on 3 July 2015:

To answer Alison’s questions –
1)  There is only one Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF) 
which was first defined in an American Meteorological Society journal -
Miller, R.J., Schrader, A.J., Sampson, C.R., & Tsui, T.L. (1990). The Automated 
Tropical Cyclone Forecasting System (ATCF), Computer Techniques, 5, 653–660.
2)  There are many tropical cyclone naming conventions, both current and 
deprecated, but only one “ATCF” storm identifier.


I would like to submit the following revised proposal (Alison – please 
edit/delete the canonical units according to the convention. I literally just 
left it blank.  Thanks):

automated_tropical_cyclone_forecasting_system_storm_identifier (canonical 
units: ) ' Definition:
The Automated Tropical Cycl