Dear Tomoo,

I think all the cloud feedback names are now agreed:

tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_liquid_water_in_air
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_liquid_water_in_air_due_to
_cloud_microphysics
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_liquid_water_in_air_due_to
_boundary_layer_mixing
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_liquid_water_in_air_due_to
_bergeron_findeisen_process_to_cloud_ice
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_ice_in_air
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_ice_in_air_due_to_cloud_mi
crophysics
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_ice_in_air_due_to_boundary
_layer_mixing
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_ice_in_air_due_to_bergeron
_findeisen_process_from_cloud_liquid
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_condensed_water_in_air
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_condensed_water_in_air_due
_to_cloud_microphysics
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_stratiform_cloud_condensed_water_in_air_due
_to_boundary_layer_mixing

The names are accepted for inclusion in the standard name table and will
be added at the next update.

Best wishes,
Alison

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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 Tomoo Ogura
> Sent: 30 April 2010 22:54
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] proposal for new standard names
> 
> Hello Alison,
> 
>   I agree with your proposal. The definition of the
> 'cloud_microphysics'
> will be really helpful when preparing the model output - thank you for
> this !
> 
> Best wishes,
> Tomoo
> 
> ---
> Tomoo OGURA
> National Institute for Environmental Studies
> 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan
> Phone +81-29-850-2484 Fax +81-29-850-2960
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Dear Tomoo,
> >
> > Thank you for supplying a list of processes.  I propose to write the
> > definition of the 'cloud_microphysics' names to include the
following
> > text:
> >
> > ' "cloud_microphysics" is the sum of many cloud processes such as
> > condensation, evaporation, homogeneous nucleation, heterogeneous
> > nucleation, deposition, sublimation, the Bergeron-Findeisen process,
> > riming, accretion, aggregation and icefall.  The precise list of
> > processes that are included in "cloud_microphysics" can vary between
> > models. Where possible, the data variable should be accompanied by a
> > complete description of the processes included, for example, by
using
> a
> > comment attribute. Standard names also exist to describe the
> tendencies
> > due to the separate processes.'
> >
> > Hopefully this definition gives enough information to be helpful,
but
> > allows for variation between models.  There are existing standard
> names
> > with similarly loose definitions, e.g. the chemical species included
> in
> > "alkanes" can vary between different chemistry models, so I don't
> think
> > there is any problem with treating cloud feedback names in this way.
> >
> > If you are happy with the definition then I think we can go ahead
and
> > accept all these names.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 
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