Hi,

I agree, this is an easy extension, of two existing std_names: 

moles_of_nitrate_and_nitrite_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water

moles_of_nitrate_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water

However, the definitions of the two std_names above are minimal, so it wouldn't 
hurt to expand a little for the new names, along the lines Roy mentions below.

Best wishes,

      Philip


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Dr Philip Cameron-Smith, [email protected], Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:cf-metadata-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Lowry, Roy K.
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:19 PM
> To: John Graybeal; Stephane TAROT
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Nitrate and nitrite
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> Should be a no-brainer based on the definition of
> mole_concentration_of_nitrate_in_sea_water.  Nitrite is a related but
> different chemical species to nitrate (more reduced: NO2 versus NO3)
> and nitrate_and_nitrite is the sum of the two chemical species which
> often has to be reported for analytical reasons (nitrate is reduced to
> nitrite before colorimetric determination as an azide dye so you get
> nitrate+nitrite, not just nitrate).
> 
> Cheers, Roy.
> 
> ________________________________________
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> Sent: 13 December 2011 18:00
> To: Stephane TAROT
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Nitrate and nitrite
> 
> Stéphane,
> 
> Can you propose definitions as well, please?
> 
> John
> 
> On Dec 13, 2011, at 06:55, Stephane TAROT wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to propose 2 new standard names :
> > - mole_concentration_of_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water (mol m-3)
> > - mole_concentration_of_nitrite_in_sea_water (mol m-3)
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Stéphane Tarot
> > Ifremer (France)
> >
> >
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