lay person/information analyst view: > does anyone think we should add "solid_phase_precipitation_flux" (replacing > snowfall_flux to represent all forms of precipitating ice particles)?
+1 (sorry :->). I would expect snowfall to exclude ice (= hail + sleet, I mean, ice pellets). > should we add a standard_name "liquid_water_precipitation_flux"? I would hope that rainfall includes drizzle, intuitively and in most common usage rainfall includes all liquid forms of precipitation john On Jul 15, 2013, at 13:36, Karl Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > In CMIP5 we requested "snowfall_flux" by which we meant the mass per unit > time of precipitation of all forms of water in the solid phase. Thus, > "snowfall" could be added to liquid-water precipitation to give total > precipitation (standard name. > > I'm wondering if using "snowfall_flux" to represent generically all forms of > falling ice particles is misleading (or will become misleading when it > becomes common for models to distinguish between different forms of ice). I > note there is a standard name "stratiform_graupel_flux", which is a > particular form of ice. > > Before too much new data gets written, does anyone think we should add > "solid_phase_precipitation_flux" (replacing snowfall_flux to represent all > forms of precipitating ice particles)? We should certainly clarify what > "snowfall" means. > > I note that there is a standard name "rainfall_rate" and this also needs > clarification. Does it include "drizzle" and if not, should we add a > standard_name "liquid_water_precipitation_flux"? > > Best regards, > Karl > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata ------------------------------------ John Graybeal Senior Data Manager, Metadata and Semantics T +1 (408) 675-5545 F +1 (408) 616-1626 skype: graybealski Marinexplore 920 Stewart Drive Sunnyvale, CA
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