Flood plain.

J


On 5/11/16 4:42 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Dear Dave,
>
> OK, thanks, I'll add that in.
>
> Best wishes,
> Alison
>
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Blodgett [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: 11 May 2016 15:17
>> To: Pamment, Alison (STFC,RAL,RALSP)
>> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected];
>> [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Proposed standard_name for river discharge
>>
>> I think ‘in the river channel’ should be ‘in the river channel and flood 
>> plane’
>>
>> Looks good otherwise.
>>
>>> On May 11, 2016, at 7:49 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Rich, All,
>>>
>>> Thanks for proposing the river discharge name. The discussion so far
>> seems to be leading towards introducing a single name:
>>> water_volume_transport_in_river (canonical units: m3 s-1).
>>>
>>> At the moment we don't have a definition for this name so I'm suggesting
>> the following (based on existing definitions):
>>> ' The water flux or volume transport in rivers is the amount of water
>> flowing in the river channel. Water means water in all phases.'
>>> Is this OK? Do we need to elaborate any further? I think if we can settle on
>> the definition, this name can be accepted for addition to the standard name
>> table.
>>> 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 David Blodgett
>>>> Sent: 09 May 2016 15:08
>>>> To: Signell, Richard
>>>> Cc: CF metadata; Jonathan Gregory
>>>> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Proposed standard_name for river discharge
>>>>
>>>> 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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