Dear Martin,

Thank you for proposing the new standard name land_ice_basal_temperature  
[units: K]. We already have the area_types grounded_ice_sheet and 
floating_ice_shelf, so that is  fine.

The name and units look good and I have added the following definition:
' "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and 
also includes ice-shelves. The standard name land_ice_basal_temperature means 
the temperature of the land ice at its lower boundary.'

This name is accepted for publication in the standard name table and will be 
added in the May update.

We also have an existing name land_ice_temperature (K), currently defined only 
as '"Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and 
also includes ice-shelves.' Am I correct in thinking this is the internal 
temperature of the land ice? If so, I will add another sentence to the 
definition to make it a bit clearer.

Best wishes,
Alison

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Alison Pamment                                 Tel: +44 1235 778065
NCAS/Centre for Environmental Data Archival    Email: [email protected]
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory     
R25, 2.22
Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.


-----Original Message-----
From: CF-metadata [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin 
Juckes - UKRI STFC
Sent: 18 April 2018 11:34
To: CF Metadata List <[email protected]>
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Subject: [CF-metadata] ISMIP6: final standard name requirement

Hello All,


we need one more standard name for ISMIP6 to refer to the temperature at the 
base of the ice sheet. There are two MIP variables for this, one for the 
grounded section of the ice sheet and a 2nd for the floating portion. The two 
variables can use the same standard name with different area_type masks 
(grounded_ice_sheet and floating_ice_shelf respectively).


The proposed name is:

land_ice_basal_temperature  [units: K]


regards,

Martin
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