Dear Maarten These make sense to me and appear to conform to current patterns.
Best wishes Jonathan ----- Forwarded message from Maarten Sneep <[email protected]> ----- > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:00:01 +0200 > From: Maarten Sneep <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name proposal related to methane, water > vapor, carbon monoxide, semi-heavy water, and nitrogen dioxide. > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 > Thunderbird/52.5.2 > > Hi, > > I haven't heard anything after sending this in. Can these names be considered > for > inclusion in the standard_name list? > > Kind regards, > > Maarten Sneep > > On 23/02/18 15:04, Maarten Sneep wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to propose the following standard names: > > > > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_methane > > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_water_vapor > > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_carbon_monoxide > > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_semiheavy_water_vapor > > * atmosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide > > > > Details are provided below. > > > > atmosphere_mole_content_of_methane > > Canonical units: mol/m2 > > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere > > content" > > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top > > of the > > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, > > standard > > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction > > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of > > moles of X > > above a unit area. The chemical formula for methane is CH4. Methane is a > > member of > > the group of hydrocarbons known as alkanes. There are standard names for > > the alkane > > group as well as for some of the individual species. > > > > (References: atmosphere_mass_content_of_methane, > > atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone; > > for ozone both mole content and mass content exist). > > > > > > atmosphere_column_average_mole_fraction_of_methane_in_dry_air > > Canonical units: 1 > > > > > > atmosphere_mole_content_of_water_vapor > > Canonical units: mol/m2 > > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere > > content" > > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top > > of the > > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, > > standard > > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction > > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of > > moles of X > > above a unit area. The chemical formula for water is H2O. Atmosphere water > > vapor > > content is sometimes referred to as "precipitable water", although this > > term does not > > imply the water could all be precipitated. > > > > (References: atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor, > > atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone; for ozone both mole content and mass > > content exist). > > > > > > atmosphere_mole_content_of_carbon_monoxide > > Canonical units: mol/m2 > > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere > > content" > > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top > > of the > > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, > > standard > > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction > > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of > > moles of X > > above a unit area. The chemical formula for carbon monoxide is CO. > > > > (References: atmosphere_mass_content_of_carbon_monoxide, > > atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone; for ozone both mole content and mass > > content exist). > > > > > > atmosphere_mole_content_of_semiheavy_water_vapor > > Canonical units: mol/m2 > > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere > > content" > > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top > > of the > > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, > > standard > > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction > > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of > > moles of X > > above a unit area. The chemical formula for semi-heavy water is HDO, water > > with one > > hydrogen replaced by deuterium. > > > > Note: This one is tricky, HDO is not D2O, so the correct term is not heavy > > water. > > Open for suggestions here. > > > > > > atmosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide > > Canonical units: mol/m2 > > Description: "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The "atmosphere > > content" > > of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top > > of the > > atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, > > standard > > names including "content_of_atmosphere_layer" are used. The construction > > "atmosphere_mole_content_of_X" means the vertically integrated number of > > moles of X > > above a unit area. The chemical formula for nitrogen_dioxide is NO2. > > > > (References: troposphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide, > > stratosphere_mole_content_of_nitrogen_dioxide). > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
