Hi Daniel,

Most of the solids in sediment are silicate minerals, quite often quartz 
(silicon dioxide), which would be included in 'moles_of_silicon'  So, I suggest:


moles_of_dissolved_inorganic_plus_biogenic_silicon_per_unit_area_in_seabed_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. 'Seabed sediment' means 
particulate matter bound at the sea floor including interstitial pore water. 
Information on the location of the interface between water column and sediment 
can be provided via the comment attribute. 'Dissolved inorganic silicon' means 
the sum of all inorganic silicon in solution (including silicic acid and its 
first dissociated anion SiO(OH)3-). 'Biogenic silicon' is any silicon compound, 
usually the mineral opal, produced by organisms (e.g. diatom skeletal remains) 
in solid or colloidal form.

Cheers, Roy.



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Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] No standard names for element concentrations in 
sediment?

Hi,

Thanks for correction. I realized that I need a standard name not only for 
silicate but for biogenic silica plus silicate. I updated the proposed name and 
description as follows:

moles_of_silicon_per_unit_area_in_seabed_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. 'Seabed sediment' means 
particulate matter bound at the sea floor including interstitial pore water. 
Information on the location of the interface between water column and sediment 
can be provided via the comment attribute. 'Silicon' summarizes 'dissolved 
inorganic silicon' and 'biogenic silica'. 'Dissolved inorganic silicon' means 
the sum of all inorganic silicon in solution (including silicic acid and its 
first dissociated anion SiO(OH)3-). 'Biogenic silica' are biogenic silicon 
minerals which originate from the siliceous skeletal material of dead diatoms 
and other silica-utilizing organisms.


Daniel


On 18.05.2018 09:47, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:

Hi (yet) again,


Overnight I remembered a debate on CF about not using'dissolved inorganic 
silicon' rather than 'silicate' in new Standard Names. I also think it's worth 
some clarification in the definition to explain how things can be dissolved in 
something that many would think of as a solid.


So that will give us:


moles_of_nitrogen_per_unit_area_in_seabed_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. 'Seabed sediment' means 
particulate matter bound at the sea floor including interstitial pore water. 
Information on the location of the interface between water column and sediment 
can be provided via the comment attribute.



moles_of_dissolved_inorganic_silicon_per_unit_area_in_seabed_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. 'Seabed sediment' means 
particulate matter bound at the sea floor including interstitial pore water. 
Information on the location of the interface between water column and sediment 
can be provided via the comment attribute. 'Dissolved inorganic silicon' means 
the sum of all inorganic silicon in solution (including silicic acid and its 
first dissociated anion SiO(OH)3-).


Cheers, Roy.



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Great :-) . Then I would like to propose the following two new standard names:



moles_of_nitrogen_per_unit_area_in_seabed_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.



and



moles_of_silicate_expressed_as_silicon_per_unit_area_in_seabed_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 17.05.2018 16:00, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:

Hi Daniel,


That works for me.


Cheers, Roy.



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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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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.



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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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