Dear Christophe, Thank you for proposing this name. I think mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer is the correct name and it is consistent with existing names such as mass_content_of_water_in_atmosphere_layer. The canonical units would be mol m-2 as for the total column name. Regarding your suggested definition, I think we could delete the third sentence: "mole_content_of_X_in_atmosphere_layer" means the vertically integrated number of moles of X above a unit area" as it is essentially repeating the information contained in the previous two sentences, but otherwise it looks fine.
Best wishes, Alison ------ Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Email: [email protected] STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory R25, 2.22 Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. > -----Original Message----- > From: CF-metadata [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Christophe Lerot > Sent: 22 January 2013 09:35 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Jacob van Peet > Subject: [CF-metadata] standard name for ozone partial column in > atmosphere layer > > Dear all, > > Similarly to what has been done for total ozone columns, some colleagues > of mine would need a standard name for ozone partial columns in defined > layers of the atmosphere. > > Therefore, I'd like to propose such a standard name based on the one > corresponding to total ozone > > "mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer": > "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The > "content_of_X_in_atmosphere_layer" refers to the vertical integral > between two specified levels in the atmosphere. > "mole_content_of_X_in_atmosphere_layer" means the vertically integrated > number of moles of X above a unit area. "Layer" means any layer with > upper and lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical > coordinate. There must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the > extent of the layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical > coordinate can be model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a > physical coordinate (in a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as > well. For the mole content integrated from the surface to the top of the > atmosphere, standard names including "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" > are > used. The chemical formula for ozone is O3. > "mole_content_of_ozone_in_atmosphere_layer" is usually measured in > Dobson Units which are equivalent to 446.2 micromoles m-2. > > Thank you for considering this. > > Best wishes, > Christophe > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Christophe LEROT > Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy > Chemistry & Physics of Atmospheres > Avenue circulaire, 3 > 1180 Brussels > Belgium > phone: +32/(0)2-3730-407 > mobile: +32/(0)472-81.87.00 > mail: [email protected] > url: http://uv-vis.aeronomie.be/ > ----------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Scanned by iCritical. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
