Dear Karl Like Roy, I don't think we should deprecate sea_surface_skin_temperature. Although I cannot remember the arguments - which must be apparent in the mailing list archive - I do recall that it was a careful and long discussion with Craig which led to the introduction of the various SST names.
Therefore adding land_surface_skin_temperature seems fine to me if there is a need to be precise about this as an observable quantity, which relates to a particular layer, even though it's very thin. The definition should note that if this precise meaning is not intended, the name surface_temperature could be used, which strictly refers to the temperature at the interface. Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
