Dear Gary Thanks for these proposals. I have a couple of comments.
* Is this hierarchy event/group/flash a standard terminology? If so, fine. * I think it would be useful to insert "radiant" into the standard name, since you have it in the definitions. Best wishes Jonathan ----- Forwarded message from "Meehan, Gary" <[email protected]> ----- > From: "Meehan, Gary" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:52:04 +0000 > Subject: [CF-metadata] Proposing Standard Names for Lightning Event, Group > and Flash Radiant Energy > > Dear CF Board, > > I would like to propose the following three related standard names concerning > the various measures > of radiant energy associated with lightning storms. > > Standard_Name: Lightning_event_energy > > Canonical_Units: Joules > > Definition: The radiant energy associated with a single, discrete lightning > event, the aggregation of a set of which > forms a lightning group. A set of related lightning groups forms a lightning > flash. A coordinate variable of > radiation_wavelength, sensor_band_central_wavelength, or radiation_frequency > may be specified to indicate > that the lightning_event_energy applies at specific wavelengths or > frequencies. > > -------- > Standard_Name: Lightning_group_energy > > Canonical_Units: Joules > > Definition: The radiant energy associated with a lightning group formed by > aggregating a set of discrete lightning events. > A collection of lightning groups forms a lightning flash. A coordinate > variable of radiation_wavelength, sensor_band_central_wavelength, > or radiation_frequency may be specified to indicate that the > lightning_group_energy applies at specific wavelengths or frequencies. > > -------- > Standard_Name: Lightning_flash_energy > > Canonical_Units: Joules > > Definition: The radiant energy associated with a lightning flash formed by > aggregating a set of lightning groups, where > a single lightning group is formed out of a collection of a series of > discrete lightning events. A coordinate variable of > radiation_wavelength, sensor_band_central_wavelength, or radiation_frequency > may be specified to indicate > that the lightning_flash_energy applies at specific wavelengths or > frequencies. > > Sincerely, > > Gary Meehan > _____________________________________ > Atmospheric and Environmental Research > Lexington, MA > > ________________________________ > > This email is intended solely for the recipient. It may contain privileged, > proprietary or confidential information or material. If you are not the > intended recipient, please delete this email and any attachments and notify > the sender of the error. > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
