Dear Martin and Alison > > 10, 11: yes, this is the ratio of oxygen isotope atoms in the sea water > > molecules. It is true that "sea_water" generally refers to the water and > > the material dissolved and suspended in it, so these names are perhaps > > confusing. Perhaps is should be > > isotope_ratio_of_18O_to_16O_in_sea_water_molecules?
I appreciate this difficulty, but I think that the distinction between in_sea_water and in_sea_water_molecules wouldn't be easily grasped. Since "sea water" is the name of the medium, all the molecules in it (including those of compounds dissolved and suspended) are "sea water molecules" in some sense. Maybe we could be more explicit e.g. isotope_ratio_of_18O_to_16O_in_sea_water_excluding_solutes_and_solids Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
