I would wait till people have a use case that can drive specific names.

> On May 9, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Signell, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dave,
> Do you think we should also introduce other water_volume_transport
> quantities together to make this clear?
> 
> water_volume_transport_in_river_channel
> water_volume_transport_over_land
> water_volume_transport_in_???
> 
> -Rich
> 
> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 10:14 AM, David Blodgett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I actually suggested ‘in river channel’ to rich because of the potential to 
>> segregate into flow in fluvial sediments below the channel or in a 
>> floodplain disconnected from the channel, etc.
>> 
>> Cheers!
>> 
>> - Dave
>> 
>>> On May 3, 2016, at 9:09 AM, Jonathan Gregory <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear Rich
>>> 
>>>> How about a new standard_name called:
>>>> 
>>>> "water_volume_transport_in_river_channel"
>>>> 
>>>> with canonical units "m3/s" ?
>>> 
>>> That's certainly a reasonable quantity to give a name too. Is "channel"
>>> necessary?
>>> 
>>> Best wishes
>>> 
>>> Jonathan
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