Dear Olivier,
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 17:04 +0100, Ian Culverwell wrote:
> > For example by 'SSH' you perhaps mean 'sea surface height', and there are 3
> > kinds of different sea surface heights in the CF standard name table. What
> > kind of SSH would it match? Do you think it changes the meaning of (T3) not
> > to mention 'affecting_SSH'? I'm asking this because I am not sure it
> > is..But I way be wrong, please tell me.
>
> I didn't know about 3 types of SSH - I'll think about what I mean
> precisely and get back to you when I return from vacation in the week
> beginning Jul 7th.
I've had time to think about this now - thanks for your patience.
The water flux in T.3 ("upward_water_flux_out_of_ocean_affecting_SSH")
is the one that affects the sea_surface_height_above_geiod. It differs
from T.5 ("upward_water_flux_out_of_ocean_affecting_SSS") by terms
involving salt and freshwater fluxes from sea-ice - at least in the NEMO
formulation. I don't know whether in observational reality one could or
should distinguish between the two, but they're different in the model
and so we need different standard names. Hence the qualifications
"..._affecting_X".
Hope this clears things up a bit.
Regards,
Ian.
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