Dear Jonathan, Thank you for proposing this name. As you say, the name, units and definition are all entirely consistent with the existing atmosphere name. Therefore I am accepting this name for publication in the standard name table. The next update to standard names will take place on 17th May.
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 Jonathan Gregory > Sent: 29 March 2016 14:06 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [CF-metadata] ocean absorption of shortwave energy > > The subject of my posting yesterday should have been "ocean absorption of > shortwave energy". Sorry! Here's the same posting again with the right > subject. > Jonathan > > Dear all > > Steve Griffies and I propose a new standard name > net_rate_of_absorption_of_shortwave_energy_in_ocean_layer > in W m-2. This is analogous to and can have the same definition as the > existing name > net_rate_of_absorption_of_shortwave_energy_in_atmosphere_layer. > > "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. "Layer" means any layer with > upper and > lower boundaries that have constant values in some vertical coordinate. > There > must be a vertical coordinate variable indicating the extent of the > layer(s). If the layers are model layers, the vertical coordinate can be > model_level_number, but it is recommended to specify a physical > coordinate (in > a scalar or auxiliary coordinate variable) as well. Net absorbed radiation is > the difference between absorbed and emitted radiation. > > This name is needed for an OMIP diagnostic for CMIP6. > > Cheers > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > 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
