Dear all, I would like to propose some new standard names for use in the CFMIP component of CMIP6. The full CFMIP proposal is available at http://www.cfmip.net.
The new variable names that we would like to propose are as follows. Thanks in advance for your consideration of our request. Regards, Mark Name:tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_boundary_layer_mixing Decription:The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. Units: K s-1 Name:tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_stratiform_cloud_and_precipitation Decription:The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. Units: K s-1 Name:tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_boundary_layer_mixing Description:The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air. Units: s-1 Name:tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_stratiform_cloud_and_precipitation Description:The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air. Units: s-1 Name:tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_convective_cloud_condensation_and_deposition Description:The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air. Units: s-1 Name:tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_stratiform_cloud_condensation_and_deposition Description:The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air. Units: s-1 Name:tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_due_to_convective_cloud_condensation_and_deposition Description:The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air. Units: kg m-2 s-1 Name:tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_due_to_stratiform_cloud_condensation_and_deposition Description:The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air. Units:kg m-2 s-1 Name:effective_radius_of_stratiform_cloud_liquid_water_particle_at_stratiform_liquid_water_cloud_top Description:The effective radius of a size distribution of particles, such as aerosols, cloud droplets or ice crystals, is the area weighted mean radius of particle size. It is calculated as the ratio of the third to the second moment of the particle size distribution. stratiform_liquid_water_cloud_top refers to the top of the highest stratiform liquid water cloud. Units:m Name:effective_radius_of_convective_cloud_liquid_water_particle_at_convective_liquid_water_cloud_top Description:The effective radius of a size distribution of particles, such as aerosols, cloud droplets or ice crystals, is the area weighted mean radius of particle size. It is calculated as the ratio of the third to the second moment of the particle size distribution. convective_liquid_water_cloud_top refers to the top of the highest convective liquid water cloud. Units:m Name:number_concentration_of_stratiform_cloud_liquid_water_particle_at_stratiform_liquid_water_cloud_top Description:"Number concentration" means the number of particles or other specified objects per unit volume. stratiform_liquid_water_cloud_top refers to the top of the highest stratiform liquid water cloud. Units:m Name:number_concentration_of_convective_cloud_liquid_water_particle_at_convective_liquid_water_cloud_top Description:"Number concentration" means the number of particles or other specified objects per unit volume. convective_liquid_water_cloud_top refers to the top of the highest convective liquid water cloud. Units:m Name:atmosphere_mass_content_of_convective_cloud_condensed_water Description:"condensed_water" means liquid and ice. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Units: kg m-2 Name:atmosphere_mass_content_of_convective_cloud_ice Description:"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. Units: kg m-2 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Webb Climate Scientist Met Office Hadley Centre FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1392 884515 Fax: +44 (0)1392 885681 E-mail:[email protected] http://www.metoffice.gov.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
