Hi John,

Was this information what was required?
Please let me know if there is anything missing for the inclusion of
these quantities.

Kind regards,

On Thu, 2014-11-27 at 14:34 +0100, Napoleon Cornejo wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> Sorry for the long delay.
> 
> The names we are suggesting, with definition and units, are the
> following:
> 
> Ocean Kinetic Energy  
> standard name: ocean_kinetic_energy
> unit:  m2  s-2
> definition: ocean kinetic energy is the energy of the ocean currents
> as measured by their eastward/northward velocity.
> 
> Ocean Relative Vorticy 
> standard name:  ocean_relative_vorticity
> unit: s-1
> definition: relative vorticity is the upward component of the relative
> vorticity vector i.e. the component which arises from horizontal
> velocity.
> 
> Gravity Potential Gradient
> standard name:  gravity_potential_gradient
> unit: s-2
> definition:  gravitational potential gradient is defined as the rate
> of change of gravitational potential with distance in the field.
> 
> Radius from Geocenter
> standard_name: radius_from_geocenter
> unit: m
> definition:  a measure of distance from Earth's geocenter, commonly
> used in the satellite tracks.
> 
> Let me know if you need more information.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> On Wed, 2014-06-04 at 17:33 -0700, John Graybeal wrote: 
> 
> > Hello and thank you for asking!  
> > 
> > For adding new names, we request that you provide the proposed standard 
> > name, the  definition, and the canonical units for each name to be added. 
> > This will help us be sure the names are appropriate and do not duplicate 
> > concepts already in the list.
> > 
> > These names seem to correspond most closely to 
> > atmosphere_kinetic_energy_content and  atmosphere_relative_vorticity, so 
> > those entries may provide helpful templates in preparing your request.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > On Jun 4, 2014, at 13:24, Napoleon Cornejo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Good day,
> > > 
> > > We are currently developing software for the GOCE mission, called GUT:
> > > 
> > > https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/software-tools/gut/about-gut/overview
> > > 
> > > In the processing and output of data we want to adhere to the CF 
> > > conventions and therefore try to use the standard names approved.  
> > > However, for some quantities, particularly in oceanography, we cannot 
> > > find appropriate names in the standard name list.  Specifically, for the 
> > > following quantities:
> > > 
> > > Ocean Kinetic Energy
> > > Ocean Relative Vorticity (vertical component)
> > > 
> > > We would like to suggest the names ocean_kinetic_energy and 
> > > ocean_relative_vorticity to handle these outputs and therefore we kindly 
> > > request your feedback.
> > > 
> > > With kind regards,
> > > 
> > > N.E. Cornejo _______________________________________________
> > > CF-metadata mailing list
> > > [email protected]
> > > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
N.E. Cornejo, Msc.
Engineering, Space & Science
http://www.stcorp.nl
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