Dear Andreas and Jonathan, I agree that these names look fine and are a sensible addition to the standard name table. I think there is nothing contentious in these proposals so they are accepted for publication in the standard name table and will be added at the next update.
Best wishes, Alison ------ Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Email: [email protected] STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory R25, 2.22 Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. > -----Original Message----- > From: CF-metadata [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Andreas Groh > Sent: 26 February 2016 08:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CF-metadata] New standard names: northward_land_ice_velocity > and eastward_land_ice_velocity > > Dear all, > > I propose to add two new standard names for the northward and eastward > velocity components of land ice, equivalent to the already existing > standard names for sea ice. > > standard name: northward_land_ice_velocity > > Description: > > A velocity is a vector quantity. "Northward" indicates a vector > component which is positive when directed northward (negative > southward). Land ice velocity is defined as a two-dimensional vector, > with no vertical component. "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and > ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. > > Canocical Unit: m s-1 > > > standard name: eastward_land_ice_velocity > > A velocity is a vector quantity. "Eastward" indicates a vector component > which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Land ice > velocity is defined as a two-dimensional vector, with no vertical > component. "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on > bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. > > Canocical Unit: m s-1 > > > All comments are appreciated. > > Thanks and best regards, > > Andreas > > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Dr.-Ing. Andreas Groh > Institut für Planetare Geodäsie > Geodätische Erdsystemforschung > Technische Universität Dresden > D-01062 Dresden, Germany > phone : +49-351-463.33416 > fax : +49-351-463.37063 > email : [email protected] > web : tu-dresden.de/geo/ipg/gef > ----------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
