Dear Jonathan,

I would like to comment on the issue you are pointing out for 
sea_ice_displacement, as I introduced this standard name.

----- "Jonathan Gregory" <[email protected]> wrote:
> sea_ice_displacement -> magnitude_of_sea_ice_displacement
> 
> This change is proposed so that "sea_ice_displacement" is definitely a
> vector,
> with components e.g. "eastward_sea_ice_displacement"; at present, it
> is both a
> scalar and a vector. 

You are right: "sea_ice_displacement" is a 2D vector with several types of 
components (eastward, etc...). It seems thus a good idea to use a 
"magnitude_of_" prefix for designing its magnitude. 

I do agree with your proposal of changing the 'sea_ice_displacement' standard 
name into 'magnitude_of_sea_ice_displacement'.

regards,
Thomas
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