Dear Roy,
> I think benthos chemistry is virgin territory for CF - not really
surprising for a standard that started in the atmosphere before dipping
its toes in the ocean.
:-)
> I'm presuming your coming from a modelling perspective,
Yes
In our current model setup (ecosystem model of the water column) we have
a fairly simple sediment and write out the nitrogen amount per m2.
This name might be appropriate for this purpose:
moles_of_nitrogen_per_unit_area_in_sediment
unit:
mol/m2
description:
moles_of_X_per_unit_area_in_Y describes the amount of X in a column with
unity base area of material/compartment Y. 'Sediment' means particulate
matter bound at the sea floor. Information on the location of the
interface between water column and sediment can be provided via the
comment attribute.
Cheers,
Daniel
On 15.05.2018 18:30, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:
Dear Daniel,
I think benthos chemistry is virgin territory for CF - not really
surprising for a standard that started in the atmosphere before
dipping its toes in the ocean.
Some thoughts based on my experience with observed sediment chemistry
data. The data may be reported per unit mass of wet or dry sediment
or per unit volume of wet sediment. Also it is worth making clear that
'sediment' means sediment of all grain sizes (say a phrase like
'total_sediment') as samples are frequently sieved prior to analysis.
I'm presuming your coming from a modelling perspective, so I'm not
totally clear about your needs, but would something like
'mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_wet_total_sediment' be what you
would be looking for?
Cheers, Roy.
I am retiring on 31/05/2018 but will continue to be active through an
Emeritus Fellowship using this e-mail address.
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*Subject:* [CF-metadata] No standard names for element concentrations
in sediment?
Dear CF Mailing List,
I am looking for standard names to describe the mole concentration of
nitrogen in the sediment. The CF standard name table does not contain
any standard names regarding "mole_concentration" in "sediment". I was
wondering whether another term than "sediment" was used for such names.
I also tried "mud", "seabed", and "sea_bed". Or do no such standard
names exist at all?
Cheers,
Daniel
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