Dear Roy, Dear Jonathan,
Thank you for the feedback. I see that sediment might be ambiguous.
Would "seabed sediment" or "marine seabed sediment" be an acceptable
alternative?
moles_of_nitrogen_per_unit_area_in_seabed_sediment
This would clarify that the sea floor is meant as location of the
sediment. It would also clarify that not bare rock is meant.
Cheers,
Daniel
On 16.05.2018 11:42, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:
Thanks Daniel,
Couple of additional thoughts that struck me. Is there possibility of
confusion between seafloor sediment and suspended sediment? What if
the seabed was bare rock? So, might:
moles_of_nitrogen_per_unit_area_in_seabed
be better?
Let’s see if we get any other thoughts on the list.
Cheers, Roy.
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*Daniel Neumann
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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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*Sent:* 15 May 2018 16:51
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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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