Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration

2010-12-03 Thread Lauret Olivier
Hi all, Thanks, that's fine. That is to say that ยท number_content_of_icebergs (m-2) becomes number_of_icebergs_per_unit_area Is that right? About the other suggestions, we try to make things so that each entry is a combination of existing CF concepts, except the idea of 'non

Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration

2010-12-03 Thread Lowry, Roy K.
Yes, that's my understanding. Cheers, Roy. From: Lauret Olivier [mailto:olau...@cls.fr] Sent: 03 December 2010 10:22 To: Lowry, Roy K.; Jonathan Gregory Cc: Laurence Crosnier; cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu; Cristina Tronconi; Bruce Hackett; o.go...@met.no; Thomas LOUBRIEU; Lia Santoleri; Philippe

[CF-metadata] Diffuse radiation standard name

2010-12-03 Thread alison.pamment
Dear All, I have received via email a request from Karl for one more standard name for CMIP5: For CMIP5 we also include diffuse_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky, but there is not standard name for this quantity at the surface. I therefore propose a new standard name:

[CF-metadata] potential temperature

2010-12-03 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Karl I would suggest that we change the definition of potential temperature so that it says *by default* the reference pressure is 1e5 Pa, but that the data var could also have a size-one coordinate variable or a scalar coordinate variable with the standard_name of