Rich, Thanks for bringing this up. I checked with some of our hydrology folks who use both WaterML and CF for gage station time series, and they think this sounds fine.
dka — David K Arctur, PhD Research Scientist & Fellow, University of Texas at Austin Research/Academic Advocate, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) mobile +1 512 771 1434 :: office +1 512 465 2299 :: skype darctur On Apr 29, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Signell, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: CF folks, There are a bunch of hydrology standard_names, but none that seem appropriate for one of the most common quantities, plain old "river discharge". We currently have "water_volume_transport_into_sea_water_from_rivers" with the right units "m3/s", but in the CF Standard Name list, but this name is described as: "Water means water in all phases. The water flux or volume transport into sea water from rivers is the inflow to the ocean, often applied to the surface in ocean models." How about a new standard_name called: "water_volume_transport_in_river_channel" with canonical units "m3/s" ? Thanks, Rich -- Dr. Richard P. Signell (508) 457-2229 USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd. Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 _______________________________________________ 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
