Dear All,

At CEDA we will be archiving data from the MIPAS instrument 
(https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions/envisat/instruments/mipas).
 It was part of the ESA Envisat mission and detected concentrations of a number 
of atmospheric trace gases.

To support the archiving of this data, four new standard names are needed.

mole_fraction_of_sulfur_hexafluoride_in_air (Canonical units: 1)
'Mole fraction is used in the construction "mole_fraction_of_X_in_Y", where X 
is a material constituent of Y. A chemical species denoted by X may be 
described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as 
"nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". The chemical formula of sulfur hexafluoride is 
SF6.'

mole_fraction_of_carbonyl_fluoride_in_air (Canonical units: 1)
'Mole fraction is used in the construction "mole_fraction_of_X_in_Y", where X 
is a material constituent of Y. A chemical species denoted by X may be 
described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as 
"nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". The chemical formula of carbonyl fluoride is COF2. 
The IUPAC name for carbonyl fluoride is carbonyl difluoride.'

mole_fraction_of_carbonyl_sulfide_in_air (Canonical units: 1)
'Mole fraction is used in the construction "mole_fraction_of_X_in_Y", where X 
is a material constituent of Y. A chemical species denoted by X may be 
described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as 
"nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". The chemical formula for carbonyl sulfide is COS. 
The IUPAC name for carbonyl sulfide is carbon oxide sulfide.'

mole_fraction_of_carbon_tetrafluoride_in_air (Canonical units: 1)
'Mole fraction is used in the construction "mole_fraction_of_X_in_Y", where X 
is a material constituent of Y. A chemical species denoted by X may be 
described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as 
"nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". The chemical formula for carbon tetrafluoride is 
CF4. The IUPAC name for carbon tetrafluoride is tetrafluoromethane.'

There are 103 existing mole_fraction names in the standard name table and these 
proposals follow the established syntax. Sulfur_hexafluoride occurs in two 
existing names. The other chemical species are new to CF. As with many existing 
names, these proposals use the common name of the chemical species in the 
standard name itself while the chemical formula and IUPAC name (where this is 
different from the common name) are given in the definition.

I don't think these names are likely to be controversial so, unless any 
objections are received within the next seven days, I will accept them for 
inclusion in the standard name table.

Best wishes,
Alison

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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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