Dear Olivier, Thanks for this. I don't know how to set up CF standard name aliases (I'll look into it), but I agree that keeping a "proper" long standard name (specifying precisely which SSH is meant) and a snappier alias would be a good way to go in this instance. Thank you for the suggestion.
Regards, Ian. On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 17:36 +0200, olivier lauret wrote: > Dear Ian, > > Yes, your explanation is clear enough, thank you; perhaps it would be nice in > that case to turn the water flux standard name into > "upward_water_flux_out_of_ocean_affecting_sea_surface_height_above_geiod". As > it is a very, very long attribute I guess it is possible in CF to make an > alias with "upward_water_flux_out_of_ocean_affecting_SSH" (ie > SSH=sea_surface_height_above_geiod)? Yes? > > Kind regards > > Olivier. > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Ian Culverwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : jeudi 10 juillet 2008 09:56 > À : olivier lauret > Cc : Ian Culverwell; [email protected] > Objet : RE: [CF-metadata] Proposed CF standard names for the NEMO oceanmodel > > 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. > -- Ian Culverwell B-2-81 Ocean and Sea Ice Modelling Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter Devon EX1 3PB United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1392 884017 Fax: +44 (0)1392 885861 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metoffice.gov.uk Met Office climate change predictions can now be viewed on Google Earth http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/google/ _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
