Dear All,
I present here a list of new names for fields relevant to the ocean.
These fields are a subset of those proposed for the upcoming global
climate model comparison project CMIP5, which is a project that feeds
into the IPCC process. A report that fully defines these fields can be
downloaded from (please look near the top of the web page)
http://www.clivar.org/organization/wgomd/wgomd_publications.php
I ask for your input on these names, with hopes of adding them to the
CF list.
Sincerely,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NOAA/GFDL
co-chair of CLIVAR Working Group for Ocean Model Development
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Stephen M. Griffies phone: +1-609-452-6672
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory FAX: +1-609-987-5063
Princeton Forrestal Campus Rte. 1 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
201 Forrestal Road http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~smg
Princeton, NJ 08542-0308 USA
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CONSTANTS
reference_sea_water_density_for_boussinesq_approximation kg/m3
SCALAR FIELDS
sea_water_mass kg
sea_water_pressure_at_sea_floor Pa
sea_water_pressure_at_sea_water_surface Pa
sea_water_volume m3
square_of_sea_surface_height_above_geoid m2
global_average_steric_sea_level_change m
cell_mass_per_area kg/m2
cell_thickness m
square_of_sea_surface_temperature K2
sea_water_age_since_surface_contact year
moles_of_cfc11_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water mole/kg
square_of_ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t m2
MASS AND HEAT TRANSPORT
square_of_upward_ocean_mass_transport
(kg/s)2
ocean_mass_x_transport
kg/s
ocean_mass_y_transport
kg/s
ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction
kg/s
ocean_y_overturning_mass_streamfunction
kg/s
ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection
kg/s
ocean_y_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection
kg/s
sea_water_transport_across_line
kg/s
ocean_heat_x_transport
Watt
ocean_heat_y_transport
Watt
ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_bolus_advection
Watt
ocean_heat_x_transport_due_to_diffusion
Watt
ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_bolus_advection
Watt
ocean_heat_y_transport_due_to_diffusion
Watt
REGIONS: This list is of new values that can be taken by a variable
with the CF standard_name of "region".
barents_opening
bering_strait
denmark_strait
drake_passage
english_channel
equatorial_undercurrent
faroe_scotland_channel
florida_strait
fram_strait
iceland_faroe_channel
indonesian_throughflow
mozambique_channel
scotland_iceland_channel
taiwan_and_luzon_straits
windward_passage
BOUNDARY MASS FLUXES
rainfall_flux kg/(m2 s)
snowfall_flux kg/(m2 s)
water_evaporation_flux kg/(m2 s)
water_flux_into_sea_water_from_rivers kg/(m2 s)
water_flux_into_sea_water_from_icebergs kg/(m2 s)
water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics kg/(m2 s)
water_flux_into_sea_water kg/(m2 s)
water_flux_into_sea_water_without_flux_correction kg/(m2 s)
BOUNDARY SALT FLUXES
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rainfall
kg/(m2 s)
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_evaporation
kg/(m2 s)
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_rivers
kg/(m2 s)
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics
kg/(m2 s)
virtual_salt_flux_into_sea_water
kg/(m2 s)
virtual_salt_flux_correction
kg/(m2 s)
downward_sea_ice_basal_salt_flux
kg/(m2 s)
salt_flux_from_rivers_into_sea_water
kg/(m2 s)
BOUNDARY HEAT FLUXES
upward_geothermal_heat_flux_at_sea_floor W/m2
rainfall_temperature_flux_expressed_as_heat_flux W/m2
evaporation_temperature_flux_expressed_as_heat_flux W/m2
temperature_flux_into_sea_water_from_runoff_expressed_as_heat_flux W/m2
heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_sea_ice_thermodynamics W/m2
heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_icebergs W/m2
surface_net_downward_longwave_flux W/m2
surface_downward_latent_heat_flux W/m2
surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux W/m2
surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux W/m2
downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_sea_water W/m2
heat_flux_correction W/m2
BOUNDARY MOMENTUM FLUXES
surface_downward_x_stress N/m2
surface_downward_y_stress N/m2
surface_downward_x_stress_correction N/m2
surface_downward_y_stress_correction N/m2
VERTICAL SUBGRID SCALE FIELDS
ocean_vertical_heat_diffusivity
m2/s
ocean_vertical_salt_diffusivity
m2/s
ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_background
m2/s
ocean_vertical_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_tides
m2/s
tendency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content_due_to_tides
W/m2
tendency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content_due_to_background
W/m2
ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity
m2/s
ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_background
m2/s
ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_tides
m2/s
ocean_vertical_momentum_diffusivity_due_to_form_drag
m2/s
ocean_kinetic_energy_dissipation_per_unit_area_due_to_vertical_friction
W/m2
LATERAL SUBGRID SCALE FIELDS
ocean_tracer_bolus_laplacian_diffusivity m2/s
ocean_tracer_bolus_biharmonic_diffusivity m2/s
ocean_tracer_epineutral_laplacian_diffusivity m2/s
ocean_tracer_epineutral_biharmonic_diffusivity m2/s
ocean_tracer_xy_laplacian_diffusivity m2/s
ocean_tracer_xy_biharmonic_diffusivity m4/s
tendency_of_ocean_eddy_kinetic_energy_content_due_to_bolus_transport W/m2
ocean_momentum_xy_laplacian_diffusivity
m2/s
ocean_momentum_xy_biharmonic_diffusivity m4/s
ocean_kinetic_energy_dissipation_per_unit_area_due_to_xy_friction W/m2
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