Hi Jonathan,

One could conceivably want to distinguish between, for example,

northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection

and

northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_advection

or does "mesoscale" imply "eddy" and for that reason "eddy" can be removed?  If 
"mesocale eddy advection" and mesocale advection" are not identical, we could 
leave the already defined variables as is and add a companion set with "eddy" 
omitted.

Of course for CMIP6, we would want to request only one of the two types of 
advection; from your reference to GMD, I assume you want the quantity without 
"eddy" in the name.

best regards,
Karl



On 2/27/19 10:46 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear Alison, Martin et al.
>
> I have noticed that several of the new ocean tendency diagnostics we have
> added to the standard name table for CMIP6 contain "eddy", but should not do.
> The word "eddy" should appear only in parameterized_eddy_advection, not in
> mesoscale advection, mesoscale diffusion, submesoscale advection or
> dianeutral mixing. I think _eddy should be deleted from all of the names 
> listed
> below. I don't know how we got this wrong! The standard names appear correctly
> in the two relevant GMD papers.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jonathan
>
> northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection
> northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_diffusion
> northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_parameterized_submesoscale_eddy_advection
> ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection
> ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_parameterized_submesoscale_eddy_advection
> ocean_tracer_biharmonic_diffusivity_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection
> ocean_tracer_diffusivity_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection
> ocean_tracer_laplacian_diffusivity_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection
> ocean_y_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection
> ocean_y_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_parameterized_submesoscale_eddy_advection
> tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_dianeutral_mixing
> tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection
> tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_diffusion
> tendency_of_sea_water_conservative_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_submesoscale_eddy_advection
> tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_dianeutral_mixing
> tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection
> tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_diffusion
> tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content_due_to_parameterized_submesoscale_eddy_advection
> tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_parameterized_eddy_dianeutral_mixing
> tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_advection
> tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddy_diffusion
> tendency_of_sea_water_salinity_expressed_as_salt_content_due_to_parameterized_submesoscale_eddy_advection
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