Hei from Norway! Our institute produces metocean data including currents and ice with the variables
eastward_sea_ice_velocity and northward_sea_ice_velocity surface_eastward_sea_water_velocity and surface_northward_sea_water_velocity The latter include the velocity of water and ice together: "Water" means water in all phases, including frozen i.e. ice and snow. A velocity is a vector quantity. "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). We are also storing the velocity of water under the ice (which one could assume as the difference of the two above, slightly more complicated I think). What would be the standard name for that velocity? If there isn't any yet, may we propose underice_eastward_sea_water_velocity and underice_northward_sea_water_velocity? With kind regards / med vennlig hilsen, Ute Ute Brönner Research Scientist & Senior Project Manager SINTEF Ocean Environmental Technology, Monitoring and Modelling www.sintef.no/DREAM, www.sintef.no/OSCAR Direct phone (+47) 998 98 987 Visiting: Brattørkaia 17C Post: SINTEF Ocean AS, Postbox 4762 Sluppen, N-7465 Trondheim Consider the environment before printing. Less print-outs, more trees, better planet. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
