Dear Kris Thanks for your email.
> My group is producing a climate data record (CDR) of satellite-based cloud > property retrievals in support of the NOAA CDR program. When we do our > retrievals, we do not directly retrieve parameters at cloud top but rather at > some depth within the cloud where the infrared radiation is emitted. We call > this depth within the cloud the "cloud radiative center". I see that NetCDF > standard names exist for cloud top parameters, but none for the cloud > radiative center. So I propose that the following new standard names be > added to the list. Perhaps the wording could be adjusted to some degree, but > we have to incorporate the concept of cloud radiative center into the name > > height_at the_cloud_radiative_center > air_temperature_at_the_cloud_radiative_center > pressure_at_the_cloud_radiative_center Three questions occur to me. (1) Is "cloud radiative center" a concept which is used outside your group? In general we define standard names for quantities which are generally used in the community. (2) Do you really mean "height" i.e. distance above the ground? Or perhaps you mean altitude or geopotential height or something else? (3) I guess you mean air_pressure - is that right? Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
