I can't find any other cases where CF includes the units explicitly in the definition, since they are given explicitly by the canonical units entry. So I suggest the "in units of..." phrase be removed from both definitions.
John On May 1, 2015, at 10:01, Jim Biard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > The definition of toa_solar_spectral_irradiance should be modified to read: > standard name: > toa_solar_spectral_irradiance > > definition: > The solar power per unit area per unit wavelength that is incident at the top > of the Earth’s atmosphere, at a standard distance of one Astronomical Unit (1 > AU) from the Sun, in units of Watts per square meter per nanometer (1 nm = 10 > ^–9 m). A coordinate variable for radiation wavelength should be given the > standard name radiation_wavelength. > > canonical units: > W m-2 nm-1 > Grace and peace, > > Jim > > On 5/1/15 11:40 AM, Philip Jones - NOAA Affiliate wrote: >> Hello CF, >> >> I am sending this request on behalf of Odele Coddington, Peter Pilewskie and >> Judith Lean (all copied). Please address your questions to them. >> >> Thanks, >> Phil >> >> -- >> We are proposing two new standard names for Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) and >> Solar Spectral Irradiance (SSI) at the top of the atmosphere. Your comments >> on these two proposals would be appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> Odele Coddington and Peter Pilewskie (CU-Boulder/LASP) and Judith Lean (NRL) >> >> standard name: >> toa_total_solar_irradiance >> >> definition: >> The solar power per unit area integrated over all wavelengths that is >> incident at the top of the Earth’s atmosphere (TOA), at a standard distance >> of one Astronomical Unit (1 AU) from the Sun, in units of Watts per square >> meter. >> >> canonical units: >> W m-2 >> >> standard name: >> toa_solar_spectral_irradiance >> >> definition: >> The solar power per unit area per unit wavelength that is incident at the >> top of the Earth’s atmosphere, at a standard distance of one Astronomical >> Unit (1 AU) from the Sun, in units of Watts per square meter per nanometer >> (1 nm = 10 ^–9 m). >> >> canonical units: >> W m-2 m-1 >> >> -- >> Philip R. Jones >> Team ERT/STG - Federal Government Contractor >> NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) >> Veach-Baley Federal Building >> 151 Patton Ave. >> Asheville, NC 28801-5001 USA >> [email protected] >> Phone: +1 828-271-4472 >> >> Connect with us on Facebook for climate and ocean and geophysics >> information, and follow us on Twitter at @NOAANCEIclimate and >> @NOAANCEIocngeo. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CF-metadata mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > > -- > <CicsLogoTiny.png> > Visit us on > Facebook Jim Biard > Research Scholar > Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites NC > North Carolina State University > NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information > formerly NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center > 151 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 > e: [email protected] > o: +1 828 271 4900 > > We will be updating our social media soon. Follow our current Facebook (NOAA > National Climatic Data Center and NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center) > and Twitter (@NOAANCDC and @NOAAOceanData) accounts for the latest > information. > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
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