Dear Jonathan, Thanks for looking through the LUMIP names again.
> * mass_content_of_water_in_soil would sound clearer to me than > soil_mass_water_ > content, which I misread as "soil mass". It's fine for me but I note that we > used soil_moisture_content originally because it's always called that. So > it was one of the cases where the standard name table used existing terms, > rather than more systematic ones. If Dave is happy with it we can rely on his > representing the land surface science community. :-) > OK, I hadn't realised the history of the name, but I think it is better to refer to 'water' rather than 'moisture' as long as it doesn't confuse people. I see what you mean about the order of the words. mass_content_of_water_in_soil sounds good to me so, unless Dave objects, let's use that version. > > * I understand better now what is meant by anthropogenic_product_pool but I > am > not clear still. Does it mean things made by people out of wood? > Dave has suggested the following definition for anthropogenic products: > "Examples are paper, cardboard, timber for construction, and crop harvest for > food or fuel." (Some models put crop harvest into a short time-scale > 'product' pool which is > treated the same way (e-folding decay) as the wood product pool). so I think it could be regarded as "things, including food and fuel, made by people out of harvested vegetation". Perhaps Dave can comment further. Best wishes, Alison ------ Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Email: alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory R25, 2.22 Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
