Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration

2010-12-03 Thread Lauret Olivier
...@bodc.ac.uk] Envoyé : jeudi 2 décembre 2010 17:53 À : Jonathan Gregory Cc : Lauret Olivier; Laurence Crosnier; cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu; Cristina Tronconi; Bruce Hackett; o.go...@met.no; Thomas LOUBRIEU; Lia Santoleri; Philippe Garnesson Objet : RE: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour

Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration

2010-12-03 Thread Lowry, Roy K.
Garnesson; frederic.me...@jrc.it Subject: RE: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration Hi all, Thanks, that's fine. That is to say that · number_content_of_icebergs (m-2) becomes number_of_icebergs_per_unit_area Is that right? About the other

[CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration

2010-12-02 Thread Lauret Olivier
Dear all, MyOcean project needs your help again. We have identified a few variables which have no equivalent within CF classification. This is quite problematic for us, as ordering and downloading netCDF dataset is based on CF reference. Then we propose to extend CF standard name table

[CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration

2010-12-02 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Olivier number_content_of_icebergs (m-2) That is consistent with existing names and makes sense but it's a bit surprising, don't you think? Because icebergs are so large, it doesn't seem obvious to talk about the number content of them; that idea is more applicable to microscopic

Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration

2010-12-02 Thread Lauret Olivier
Santoleri; Philippe Garnesson Objet : RE: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration Hello Jonathan, I had the same gut reaction as you and almost came up with the same response until I read the definition Content indicates a quantity per unit area on 369

Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration

2010-12-02 Thread Jonathan Gregory
I had the same gut reaction as you and almost came up with the same response until I read the definition Content indicates a quantity per unit area on 369 Standard Names. So, perhaps Olivier is being consistent and tha handful of 'per_unit_area Standard Names are not. I think Olivier is