[CF-metadata] Questions about correct standard_name

2017-12-18 Thread SCHERLLIN-PIRSCHER Barbara
Dear all, I'd like to ask some questions about appropriate standard names of some variables: I'm looking for the standard name of mean concentration of volcanic ash at specific altitude levels. I used mass_concentration_of_ash_in_air but the CF convention checker realizes that this is an invali

Re: [CF-metadata] Questions about correct standard_name

2017-12-18 Thread Jim Biard
Barbara, Standard names are a controlled vocabulary. You can find a searchable list of standard names at http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/48/build/cf-standard-name-table.html or http://mmisw.org/cfsn/#/ I did a cursory search and did not find any names that exactly match you