Dear Jonathan, I simply overread this point when I summed up the discussion. So, it's me who has to apologize for the caused confusion.
It should have been > ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity > ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity and ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_wind_mixing Best wiches, Martina On Wednesday 09 July 2008 16:24, Jonathan Gregory wrote: > Dear Martina > > Sorry to reopen this, but in reading Ian Culverwell's list I have noticed > something got lost from our discussion. I suggested your names should be > ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity > ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity > and in your reply you said you agreed. But in your subsequent list you have > ocean_vertical_viscosity; m2 s-1 > ocean_vertical_diffusivity; m2 s-1 > I suggested using "momentum diffusivity" rather than "viscosity" because we > have a corresponding standard name atmosphere_momentum_diffusivity in the > table already, and because "viscosity" is not always a quantity in m2 s-1. > Then "tracer diffusivity" makes a contrast with this. It is quite likely > that at some point we may be asked to distinguish ocean_heat_diffusivity > and ocean_salinity_diffusivity, for instance, and "tracer" covers both for > the moment. > > Hence could I repeat my suggestion for this change, with apologies for not > having noticed it was missing before. > > Best wishes > > Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
