On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
Dear Christiane
old: surface_carbon_dioxide_mole_flux
new: I am not sure
tendency_of_moles_of_carbon_dioxide_at_the_surface
tendency_of_moles_of_carbon_dioxide_in_atmosphere_due_to_net_surface_flux
Perhaps it could be described as a tendency of atmosphere mole content. It
is interesting that you currently have no names for surface fluxes, though,
because they are all described as tendencies of atmospheric content. You
could have a pattern such as surface_upward_mass|mole_flux_of_X. Is that
a natural concept to consider in a chemistry model? We have surface fluxes
of heat and water.
Best wishes
Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
This last case (above) appears to be another example where there appears
to be a special case for a specie rather than following the chemistry
pattern (like humidity_mixing_ratio), probably because it was created
before all of the atmospheric chemistry names were added.
There are many names in the CF list of the form:
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_X_due_to_emission
Extending this pattern to CO2, and using moles instead of mass, would lead
to forms such as the ones Christiane suggested, or perhaps
tendency_of_atmosphere_mole_content_of_carbon_dioxide_due_to_emission
This re-raises the question of whether it is better to follow the
chemistry pattern for CO2, or consider it a special case.
Best wishes,
Philip
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