Kris, Also, height of what?
Jim Visit us on Facebook Jim Biard Research Scholar Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites NC North Carolina State University NOAA's National Climatic Data Center 151 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 e: [email protected] o: +1 828 271 4900 On Feb 11, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Jonathan Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
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