Dear Mike I agree that petroleum_hydrocarbons is more specific and therefore preferable. Is it possible to omit "total", or does it have a specific meaning too and therefore convey some extra information? It would be good to be explicit if that is the case.
Best wishes Jonathan ----- Forwarded message from [email protected] ----- > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:57:35 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: "Lowry, Roy K." <[email protected]>, Ute Brönner <[email protected]>, > "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> > CC: Petter Rønningen <[email protected]>, Jørgen Skancke > <[email protected]>, Tor Nordam <[email protected]>, CJ > Beegle-Krause <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] New standard name for > mass_fraction_of_petroleum_in_sea_water > > Dear Ute and Roy, > Thank you for your careful consideration and deliberation on my proposal. I > would be satisfied by replacing "petroleum" in my original suggestion with > either Ute's suggestion of "contaminant" or Roy's suggestion of > "total_petroleum_hydrocarbons", although I find the latter a little more > specific, particularly if one were to envision a situation in which > intentionally released dispersants were being tracked at the same time and > also categorized as "contaminants". > As to the question of mass concentration vs. mass fraction, I am trying to > represent the measurements of the SeaOWL UV-A sensor > (http://wetlabs.com/SeaOWL), which appears to be calibrated in units of ppm > -- and hence mass fraction seems appropriate. The model that will assimilate > these measurements is under active development, and may likely generate a > mass concentration value. So perhaps there ought to be both mass > concentration AND mass fraction standard names. > Thank you,Mike Godin > #yiv0904837381 #yiv0904837381 -- _filtered #yiv0904837381 > {font-family:Helvetica;panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} _filtered > #yiv0904837381 {font-family:Helvetica;panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} > _filtered #yiv0904837381 {font-family:Cambria;panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} > _filtered #yiv0904837381 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} > _filtered #yiv0904837381 {font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} > _filtered #yiv0904837381 {panose-1:2 15 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered > #yiv0904837381 {panose-1:2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} _filtered #yiv0904837381 > {font-family:Webdings;panose-1:5 3 1 2 1 5 9 6 7 3;} _filtered #yiv0904837381 > {font-family:Consolas;panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv0904837381 > #yiv0904837381 p.yiv0904837381MsoNormal, #yiv0904837381 > li.yiv0904837381MsoNormal, #yiv0904837381 div.yiv0904837381MsoNormal > {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;}#yiv0904837381 a:link, > #yiv0904837381 span.yiv0904837381MsoHyperlink > {color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv0904837381 a:visited, > #yiv0904837381 span.yiv0904837381MsoHyperlinkFollowed > {color:#954F72;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv0904837381 pre > {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:10.0pt;}#yiv0904837381 > p.yiv0904837381MsoAcetate, #yiv0904837381 li.yiv0904837381MsoAcetate, > #yiv0904837381 div.yiv0904837381MsoAcetate > {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:8.0pt;}#yiv0904837381 > p.yiv0904837381MsoListParagraph, #yiv0904837381 > li.yiv0904837381MsoListParagraph, #yiv0904837381 > div.yiv0904837381MsoListParagraph > {margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;}#yiv0904837381 > span.yiv0904837381HTMLPreformattedChar {font-family:Consolas;}#yiv0904837381 > span.yiv0904837381EmailStyle20 {color:#1F497D;}#yiv0904837381 > span.yiv0904837381EmailStyle21 {color:windowtext;}#yiv0904837381 > span.yiv0904837381BalloonTextChar {}#yiv0904837381 > span.yiv0904837381EmailStyle24 {color:#1F497D;}#yiv0904837381 > .yiv0904837381MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} _filtered #yiv0904837381 > {margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt;}#yiv0904837381 > div.yiv0904837381WordSection1 {}#yiv0904837381 > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
