[CF-metadata] new TEOS-10 standard names

2011-07-21 Thread Trevor.Mcdougall
Dear Nan et al., I want to weigh in to this discussion, as chair of SCOR/IAPSO Working Group 127. In June 2009 the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, which is comprised of 146 nations, adopted TEOS-10 as the formal definition of seawater properties (and of ice and of humid air

Re: [CF-metadata] new TEOS-10 standard names

2011-07-21 Thread Karl Taylor
Dear Trevor, Could you please clarify: Are "potential temperature" and "conservative temperature" identical, or is "conservative temperature" what everyone else considers to be simply "temperature", or what? thanks, Karl On 7/21/11 3:29 AM, trevor.mcdoug...@csiro.au wrote: Dear Nan et al.,

[CF-metadata] Standard name table update 22 July 2011

2011-07-21 Thread alison.pamment
Dear All, The standard name table will be updated tomorrow with new names and aliases that have been agreed over recent months. Details of the planned changes are given below. The update will be performed with the CEDA vocabulary editor. The changes will be submitted to the NERC vocabulary ser

Re: [CF-metadata] new TEOS-10 standard names

2011-07-21 Thread Lowry, Roy K.
Dear All, I think the point we're missing here is that the existing salinity Standard Name is a much broader term than the TEOS-10 recommendations, covering true practical salinity from conductivity measurements, other types of salinity measurement and salinity computed by a whole host of numer