Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now V42, dated 
28 March 2017. The changes have also been published in the NERC Vocabulary 
Server. The changes are listed in full at the end of this message.

Malcolm Roberts and James Orr have been added to the list of contributors to CF 
standard names: 
http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/standard-name-contributors.html.

The next update to standard names is planned for 24th April 2017.

Best wishes,
Alison

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V42 standard name changes

1. New names

a. Proposed by Malcolm Roberts for the CMIP6 HighResMIP experiment

integral_of_product_of_eastward_wind_and_specific_humidity_wrt_height 
(canonical units: m2 s-1)
integral_of_product_of_northward_wind_and_specific_humidity_wrt_height 
(canonical units: m2 s-1)
wet_bulb_potential_temperature (canonical units: K)
shallow_convective_precipitation_flux  (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)

b. Proposed by Paul Durack for the CMIP6 OMIP experiment

tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_inorganic_carbon  (canonical units: mol m-2 
s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_inorganic_carbon_due_to_runoff_and_sediment_dissolution
 (canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_inorganic_carbon_due_to_sedimentation 
(canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_organic_carbon_due_to_runoff_and_sediment_dissolution
 (canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_organic_carbon_due_to_sedimentation 
(canonical units: mol m-2 s-1)
mole_concentration_of_carbonate_abiotic_analogue_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
 (canonical units: mol m-3)
mole_concentration_of_carbonate_natural_analogue_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
 (canonical units: mol m-3)
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_carbon_abiotic_analogue_in_sea_water 
(canonical units: mol m-3)
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_carbon_natural_analogue_in_sea_water 
(canonical units: mol m-3)
surface_downward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_abiotic_analogue_expressed_as_carbon
 (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
surface_downward_mass_flux_of_carbon_dioxide_natural_analogue_expressed_as_carbon
 (canonical units: kg m-2 s-1)
surface_partial_pressure_of_carbon_dioxide_abiotic_analogue_in_sea_water 
(canonical units: Pa)
surface_carbon_dioxide_abiotic_analogue_partial_pressure_difference_between_sea_water_and_air
 (canonical units: Pa)
surface_partial_pressure_of_carbon_dioxide_natural_analogue_in_sea_water 
(canonical units: Pa)
surface_carbon_dioxide_natural_analogue_partial_pressure_difference_between_sea_water_and_air
 (canonical units: Pa)

c. Proposed by Elodie Fernandez and Roy Lowry for the Copernicus Marine Service

sea_surface_primary_swell_wave_from_direction (canonical units: degree)
sea_surface_secondary_swell_wave_from_direction (canonical units: degree)
sea_surface_wave_from_direction_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum (canonical 
units: degree)
sea_surface_wave_energy_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum (canonical units: 
m2 s)
sea_surface_wave_maximum_steepness (canonical units: 1)
sea_surface_primary_swell_wave_mean_period (canonical units: s)
sea_surface_secondary_swell_wave_mean_period (canonical units: s)
sea_surface_wave_maximum_period (canonical units: s)
sea_surface_wave_mean_period_of_highest_tenth (canonical units: s)
sea_surface_wave_period_of_highest_wave (canonical units: s)
sea_surface_wave_significant_period (canonical units: s)

2. Aliases

Three new aliases were proposed by Elodie Fernandez and Roy Lowry for the 
Copernicus Marine Service. The 'zero_uprossing_period' names were replaced by 
more generic wave period names. This is because wave period statistics can be 
calculated using a variety of methods so it is more appropriate to use generic 
standard names and supply the specific method of calculation in another 
attribute, such as long_name.

sea_surface_wind_wave_zero_upcrossing_period -> 
sea_surface_wind_wave_mean_period            
sea_surface_wave_zero_upcrossing_period -> sea_surface_wave_mean_period         
   
sea_surface_swell_wave_zero_upcrossing_period -> 
sea_surface_swell_wave_mean_period            

3. Modifications to definitions of existing names

Clarifications to the definitions of 6 existing names were proposed by Elodie 
Fernandez and Roy Lowry for the Copernicus Marine Service. All wave direction 
name definitions now contain the text 'The direction is a bearing in the usual 
geographical sense, measured positive clockwise from due north.' In addition, 
improved descriptions of swell_waves and wind_waves were added for consistency 
with the recently introduced wave height names. The affected names are:
sea_surface_swell_wave_from_direction             
sea_surface_swell_wave_to_direction             
sea_surface_wave_from_direction                
sea_surface_wave_to_direction             
sea_surface_wind_wave_from_direction               
sea_surface_wind_wave_to_direction             

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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.


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