Hello- Thanks again for helpful discussion regarding sea_floor_depth_below_sea_surface and water_surface_height_above_reference datum.
My next question is about wave data. We report a quantity that we call "Average Wave Period." A likely-seeming CF name would be sea_surface_wave_mean_period, but I only find that name qualified by a calculation method: sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_first_frequency_moment sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_inverse_frequency_moment sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment We would like to report mean periods without explicitly stating the method in the variable name. (We do have a metadata record that states a method such as "Longuet-Higgins 1964"; I do not know whether that title implies any particular method from the CF list). May we use sea_surface_wave_mean_period without qualification? More generally, below please find my proposed mapping of our current names to existing CF names: Significant Wave Height = sea_surface_wave_significant_height (m) Dominant Wave Period = sea_surface_wave_peak_period (s) Average Wave Period = sea_surface_wave_mean_period (s) [*] Swell Height = sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height (m) Swell Period = sea_surface_swell_wave_period (s) Wind Wave Height = sea_surface_wind_wave_significant_height (m) Wind Wave Period = sea_surface_wind_wave_period (s) Water Temperature = sea_water_temperature (C) Mean Wave Direction at Peak Period = sea_surface_wave_to_direction (degree) [**] Swell Wave Direction = sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction (degree) Wind Wave Direction = sea_surface_wind_wave_to_direction (degree) [*] This is the proposed shortened name. [**] I think this is the appropriate CF name but will consult with out wave experts. -Jeff DLB _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
