Dear Dave and Alison Ah, I see. What about harvested_vegetation_products? That seems a bit more obvious to me than anthropogenic_product_pool. It is three letters longer. Or even just harvested_vegetation?
Best wishes Jonathan ----- Forwarded message from David Lawrence <[email protected]> ----- > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:06:47 -0700 > From: David Lawrence <[email protected]> > To: Alison Pamment <[email protected]> > CC: [email protected], Jonathan Gregory <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] New LUMIP variables > > I agree about the soil water variable. Revised name is good. > > As far as product pools, Alison is correct. It is anything from harvested > vegetation that is made into a "thing" and therefore the carbon is not sent > straight back to the atmosphere or to the ground. The 'thing' that is made > includes wood products and harvested crop yield. > > Dave > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 6:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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: > > [email protected] > > STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory > > R25, 2.22 > > Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
