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John

On Dec 8, 2014, at 06:51, Napoleon Cornejo <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
> s[&]t
> 
> 

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