Hi, I am looking to publish CDOM (colored dissolved organic matter) data from CTD casts, and cannot find a suitable standard name. The measurement is similar to that of chlorophyll fluorescence, but the wavelengths are tuned to detect this other material rather than chlorophyll. The sensor in question is a WETLabs ECO fluorometer.
Existing names are as follows: concentration_of_colored_dissolved_organic_matter_in_sea_water_expressed_as_equivalent_mass_fraction_of_quinine_sulfate_dihydrate mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water I understand that the property CDOM is vaguely defined. It is not one specific substance, but rather a mix of many. Should I somehow find a way to express my data in that first standard name? I have no idea what that quinine stuff is though, or how I could convert my bulk measurements to that equivalent. Or else, should we create one of the following new names (either one will work for me): mass_concentration_of_colored_dissolved_organic_matter_in_sea_water (canonical units would be kg / m3) mass_fraction_of_colored_dissolved_organic_matter_in_sea_water (canonical units would be 1) Regards, Matthias -- _______________________________________ Dr. Matthias Lankhorst Scripps Institution of Oceanography 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0230 La Jolla, CA 92093-0230 USA Phone: +1 858 822 5013 Fax: +1 858 534 9820 E-Mail: [email protected] http://pordlabs.ucsd.edu/mlankhorst/ _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
