Dear Matthias > ocean_volume_transport_across_line > ocean_volume_x_transport > ocean_volume_y_transport
These seem fine. > northward_ocean_volume_transport_due_to_overturning We already have ocean_meridional_overturning_streamfunction. Is that applicable for what you want? I would say that in an overturning circulation there is zero net northward or southward transport by construction. But perhaps you have something else in mind. > Although oceanographers will probably expect this property in units of > Sverdrup, I am fine with a canonical unit of m^3 s^(-1). It has been proposed to include sverdrup in a CF version of the udunits database. I can't remember if that has been done yet. But if not, you could use units of 1e6 m3 s-1, so it will be numerically sverdrups. Any unit which is dimensionally equivalent to the canonical unit is acceptable. > I noticed some of the existing names contain "ocean_", others "sea_water_". > If > one is preferred over the other, let us please use that. In general "ocean" is used in large-scale properties e.g. of the circulation, sea-water for small-scale properties of the medium that can be measured locally. It's the same for atmosphere and air. Cheers Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
