Re: [CF-metadata] BGC output for CMIP5 simulations (fwd)

[Philip J. Cameronsmith1]

Hi,
It appears that the wrong email address for the CF list was used for some 
of the emails in the conversation below.  Hence, I am forwarding the 
final email for the record.

Best wishes,

     Philip

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:15:39
From: Keith Lindsay <klind...@ucar.edu>
To: Philip J. Cameronsmith1 <cameronsmi...@llnl.gov>
Cc: john.du...@noaa.gov, Ernst Maier-Reimer <ernst.maier-rei...@zmaw.de>,
    Corinne Le Quere <c.lequ...@uea.ac.uk>,
    Bruce Hackett <bruce.hack...@met.no>,
    Thomas LOUBRIEU <thomas.loubr...@ifremer.fr>,
    Laurent Bopp <laurent.b...@lsce.ipsl.fr>,
    Pierre Friedlingstein <pierre.friedlingst...@lsce.ipsl.fr>,
    James Orr <j....@iaea.org>, Laurence Crosnier <lcrosn...@mercator-ocean.fr>,
    Chris Jones <chris.d.jo...@metoffice.gov.uk>, cf-metad...@ucar.edu,
    Karl Taylor <taylo...@llnl.gov>, Yann BARZIC <yann.bar...@ifremer.fr>
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] BGC output for CMIP5 simulations

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Philip J. Cameronsmith1 wrote:

Hi Keith, et al.

By no3 I assume you mean the negatively charged nitrate ion (NO3-).  In which 
case I recommend using 'nitrate' in the standard name instead of 'no3'.  This 
will then be consistent with existing standard names, and avoid confusion 
with the uncharged nitrate radical (NO3).

In looking at the standard name table I think it would also be more 
consistent to use _due_to_ instead of _from_.  The latter is mainly used for 
physical directions, eg _into_sea_water_from_rivers, while the former is 
mainly used when when the quantity is changing _due_to_ another process, eg 
tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_shortwave_heating.

Hence, I suggest you consider the following:

net_primary_mole_productivity_of_carbon_due_to_nitrate

Best wishes,

   Philip


Philip,

Thanks for the feedback. Your comments are on target. I propose going with your 
standard name.

Keith

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