Re: [CF-metadata] standard name for sea water ph without

2011-12-10 Thread John Graybeal
On Dec 9, 2011, at 10:29, Jonathan Gregory wrote: Though I am still not sure why not all five standard names were included. If there is an analogy between sea water pH and sea water temperature, as mentioned in one of the emails, why not have sea_water_pH just as we have

Re: [CF-metadata] standard name for sea water ph without

2011-12-10 Thread Cameron-smith, Philip
Hi All, Would it work to include an 'unknown' scale? Best wishes, Philip --- Dr Philip Cameron-Smith, p...@llnl.gov, Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

Re: [CF-metadata] standard name for sea water ph without

2011-12-10 Thread Lowry, Roy K.
Hi Philip, I like that idea. I've always tried to label data such that future users can judge the applicability of that data to their requirements. pH on an unknown scale might be useless to a deep-ocean carbonate chemist, but works for some datasets I have from the Humber where pH ranges