Hi Martin and Markus - At present CMAQ doesn't output extinction coefficients directly (although post processing can produce those outputs, but that is not a standard model application). However it's quite likely that the coupled WRF-CMAQ, due for public release in the near future, will have the full complement of aerosol optical properties in the output files. I will pass along to the responsible people at EPA. I agree with Markus that if the name represents measured as well as modeled quantities the name should be more universally applicable. I'm not sure that optical depth measurements give you the scattering coefficient though - I have seen extinction and absorption optical depths from which you would need to use a retrieval algorithm to get anything columnar or level-specific for the relevant coefficient. Would appreciate your feedback. Thanks - Uma --------- Uma Shankar, Research Associate Institute for the Environment Bank of America Plaza CB# 6116 137 E. Franklin St Room 644 Chapel Hill NC 27599-6116 Phone: (919) 966-2102 Fax (919) 843-3113 Mobile: (919) 441-9202
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it. -John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900) -----Original Message----- From: Schultz, Martin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 5:16 AM To: Markus Fiebig; [email protected] Cc: Shankar, Uma Subject: RE: warming up old stuff - part 1: aerosol mie scattering Dear Markus, thanks for the thoughtful response. I cc this to Uma Shankar who had sent me the RSIG (http://badger.epa.gov/rsig/) CMAQ variable list from where this suggestion originated. CMAQ is of course a model. I don't think it would hurt to have also standard_names for pure model quantities, but I agree with you that one may have to phrase and define this more clearly. The name you propose is already in the list, and the suggestion was to include a more specific term to denote the specific contribution from Mie scattering. Best regards, Martin PS: original proposal was "* How can we get more specific about the "extinction coefficient"? In particular, we would like to express something like "..._due_to_Mie_scattering". But does this work with " volume_extinction_coefficient_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol". The new name would then become "volume_extinction_coefficient_in_air_due_to_Mie_scattering_of_ambient_aerosol" ? (and would "Mie" be spelled with "M" or "m"?)" > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Fiebig [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 9:31 AM > To: Schultz, Martin; [email protected] > Subject: RE: warming up old stuff - part 1: aerosol mie scattering > > Dear all, > > please excuse if I come in late into this discussion, but I would like > to make a few comments about the proposed variable name > > "volume_extinction_coefficient_in_air_due_to_mie_scattering_of_ambient > _aerosol" > > As it is written above, the name is self-contradicting. The aerosol > extinction coefficient is defined to include both, particle scattering > and absorption. The part of the aerosol extinction coefficient that is > due to particle scattering is commonly referred to as aerosol > scattering coefficient. Also, I need to apologise for not having > followed the discussion concerning the use of the term "mie", but it > appears rather to confuse than to clarify in the context here. Even > though the term Mie-particle is colloquially used for a spherical, > internally well mixed aerosol particle, such a particle exists only in > theory or in some numerical model. If the variable name is also to be used > for an observed quantity, which I think it should, the term "Mie" should be > avoided. > > How about putting this much simpler, and name the property: > > "volume_scattering_coefficient_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol" > > or, to avoid even more confusion: > > "volume_scattering_coefficient_at_stp_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol" > > Regards, > Markus > > > > _______________________________________ > Dr. Markus Fiebig > > Dept. Atmospheric and Climate Research (ATMOS) Norwegian Institute for > Air Research (NILU) P.O. Box 100 > N-2027 Kjeller > Norway > > Tel.: +47 6389-8235 > Fax : +47 6389-8050 > e-mail: [email protected] > skype: markus.fiebig > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kennen Sie schon unsere app? http://www.fz-juelich.de/app _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
