Re: [CF-metadata] Standard names for sea level change

2012-07-18 Thread John Graybeal
Sorry, I think there's a confusing point about item 4. The term wave in your definition has many definitions, including in physical oceanography (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(disambiguation) for a longer list). Can we clarify its use refers not to an oceanographic wave, but

Re: [CF-metadata] Roms: ocean_s_coordinate_g1 and g2?

2012-07-18 Thread Heiko Klein
Rich, it must have been the netcdf-java package where I have seen these standard-names. The description on the netcdf-java pages are outdated, still using formula_terms a and b. I just checked the code, and that is up to date working with the formula_term -array C(k). It'll be good to have

Re: [CF-metadata] Standard names for sea level change

2012-07-18 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Olivier I think 1. tendency_of_global_average_sea_level_change (m/year) 2. tendency_of_sea_surface_height_above_sea_level (m/year) are both fine as proposed standard names. 3. global_average_sea_level_change_amplitude (m) 4.

Re: [CF-metadata] Roms: ocean_s_coordinate_g1 and g2?

2012-07-18 Thread John Caron
Ive updated the docs at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/reference/StandardCoordinateTransforms.html Thanks for the report. On 7/17/2012 11:52 PM, Heiko Klein wrote: Rich, it must have been the netcdf-java package where I have seen these standard-names. The description on