Re: [CF-metadata] Some standard name updates to improve consistency.

2019-04-25 Thread Martin Juckes - UKRI STFC
Dear Roy, thanks ... I'd overlooked that specification of productivity in the descriptions. I've looked at the units of course .. happy to take on board any other suggestions. regards, Martin From: Lowry, Roy K. Sent: 24 April 2019 19:03:35 To: Juckes, Ma

Re: [CF-metadata] Some standard name updates to improve consistency.

2019-04-25 Thread Martin Juckes - UKRI STFC
Hi Karl, OK .. it looks to me as though there is some blurring between, on the one hand, the idea of an attenuation rate (the rate at which a flux we are measuring is attenuated) and, on the other hand, an attenuation coefficient (a property of a medium defined in terms of a hypothetical or re

Re: [CF-metadata] Some standard name updates to improve consistency.

2019-04-25 Thread Alison Pamment - UKRI STFC
Dear Martin, Thank you for this set of proposals. I am always in favour of improving consistency in standard names - it makes them easier both for users to find and for us to maintain. 1. You are right that the aerosol names should say "particles". There was a lot of discussion of aerosol name