Re: [CF-metadata] New area_types for LUMIP subgrid land-use tile reporting

Hi Alison, Here is a revised revised definition primary_and_secondary_land "Primary and secondary land" is all vegetated land that is not in active use as cropland or pastureland, including forests, grasslands, bare ground and vegetated wetlands. "Primary land" is land that has never been

Re: [CF-metadata] New LUMIP variables

I agree about the soil water variable. Revised name is good. As far as product pools, Alison is correct. It is anything from harvested vegetation that is made into a "thing" and therefore the carbon is not sent straight back to the atmosphere or to the ground. The 'thing' that is made includes

[CF-metadata] standard_names for wind stress curl, wind stress divergence

Dear Bruce Sorry for slow response. I think Alison's comment would be helpful. I don't have a strong opinion. Best wishes Jonathan On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 02:46:33PM +0200, Bruce Hackett wrote: > Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:46:33 +0200 > From: Bruce Hackett > To: Jonathan Gregory

[CF-metadata] CF Standard Name Table Update

Dear All, The standard name table has been updated with the changes listed at the end of this message. The current version of the table is now 37, dated 16 November 2016. The links on the CF website have been updated and the standard name changes have also been published on the NERC

Re: [CF-metadata] New area_types for LUMIP subgrid land-use tile reporting

Dear Lena, Thank you for the clarification. I think I understand better now that primary and secondary land has a related but different meaning to primary and secondary vegetation. I still think it is OK use the name primary_and_secondary_land for the new area type, but obviously it is

Re: [CF-metadata] New LUMIP variables

Dear Jonathan, Thanks for looking through the LUMIP names again. > * mass_content_of_water_in_soil would sound clearer to me than > soil_mass_water_ > content, which I misread as "soil mass". It's fine for me but I note that we > used soil_moisture_content originally because it's always called

Re: [CF-metadata] New LUMIP variables

Dear Alison Thanks, as always, for your careful consideration. I have just a couple more small comments. * mass_content_of_water_in_soil would sound clearer to me than soil_mass_water_ content, which I misread as "soil mass". It's fine for me but I note that we used soil_moisture_content