Dear all Few opinions still have been given about whether we should change flux to flux_density in standard names, and those few are a majority against doing so. Since the proposers aren't happy with "flux" for "irradiance" in W m-2, I think the best compromise is
solar_irradiance (W m-2) solar_irradiance_per_unit_wavelength (W m-3) where the definition should note that "irradiance" means the power per unit area (called radiative flux in other standard names), the area being normal to a vector from the Sun to the Earth, and the quantity applies outside the atmosphere, by default at a distance of one astronomical unit from the Sun, but a coordinate or scalar coordinate variable of distance_from_sun can be specified to replace the default. distance_from_sun (m) is therefore also required as a new standard name. Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
