Dear Jonathan, Thank you for pointing out these anomalies. I agree that we should standardise the syntax where possible. I'll create two new aliases in the next update of the table.
I'll look forward to reading your work on standard name construction. Best wishes, Alison ------ Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Fax: +44 1235 446314 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Email: [email protected] Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:cf-metadata- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gregory > Sent: 23 February 2010 08:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CF-metadata] two anomalous standard names > > Dear Alison > > I suggest that these two standard names should be amended: > moles_per_unit_mass_of_cfc11_in_sea_water -> > moles_of_cfc11_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water > The latter order is followed by all the other names i.e. > moles_of_X_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water > > change_over_time_in_atmospheric_water_content_due_to_advection -> > change_over_time_in_atmosphere_water_content_due_to_advection > since this is the only standard name containing the word "atmospheric", > and > in other standard names we have phrases > atmosphere[_...]_water_content > > I noticed these exceptions because I've been working on a method of > inferring > the "lexicon" from which the standard names are constructed. I hope to > post > some information about this soon. > > Cheers > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Scanned by iCritical. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
