Roy, I accept your nitpicking, should I resubmit a complete description with the suggested change?
-Barna > On Apr 24, 2017, at 10:41, Lowry, Roy K. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > Other than the nitpick than 'remove the influence of absorption/scattering by > the water itself.' is marginally better English than 'remove the influence of > absorption/scattering from the water itself.' this looks perfectly OK to me. > > Cheers, Roy. > > Please note that I partially retired on 01/11/2015. I am now only working 7.5 > hours a week and can only guarantee e-mail response on Wednesdays, my day in > the office. All vocabulary queries should be sent to [email protected]. > Please also use this e-mail if your requirement is urgent. > > > From: CF-metadata <[email protected]> on behalf of Andrew > Barna <[email protected]> > Sent: 24 April 2017 18:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CF-metadata] Proposal for new standard name: > volume_beam_attenuation_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_sea_water_corrected_for_pure_water_attenuance > > Hi CF, > > Here is the proposal for the standard name for > volume_beam_attenuation_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_sea_water which has > been corrected fro attenuation from the water itself. The definition is > almost identical except for the sentence about what "corrected for pure water > attenuance" means. > > standard name: > volume_beam_attenuation_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_sea_water_corrected_for_pure_water_attenuance > canonical units: m-1 > description: Radiative flux is the sum of shortwave and longwave radiative > fluxes. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" > implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. The volume > scattering/absorption/attenuation coefficient is the fractional change of > radiative flux per unit path length due to the stated process. Coefficients > with canonical units of m2 s-1 i.e. multiplied by density have standard names > with specific_ instead of volume_. The scattering/absorption/attenuation > coefficient is assumed to be an integral over all wavelengths, unless a > coordinate of radiation_wavelength is included to specify the wavelength. > Attenuation is the sum of absorption and scattering. Attenuation is sometimes > called "extinction". Beam attenuation refers to the decrease of radiative > flux along the direction of the incident path. It is distinguished from > attenuation of the downwelling component of radiative flux from any incident > direction, also called "diffus e" > attenuation. Corrected for pure water attendance means the attenuation > coefficient has been adjusted/calibrated to remove the influence of > absorption/scattering from the water itself. > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject > to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any > reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release > under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic > records management system. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
