Antwort: Re: [CF-metadata] Use of 'omega' in standard name list

[Burkhardt.Rockel at gkss.de]

Dear Jonathan,

I followed the discussion about "omega yes or no". At the beginning I felt 
uncomfortable with  the proposal to replace the standard_name "omega" by 
some long "word worm"  (and I still do as a meteorologist).  However, 
Brians definitions may be the cleaner way and it prevends from possible 
confusion with capital omega (which is often used for angular velocity). 
At the end it is "just" the standard_name for the unique identification of 
the quantity. For labelling plots I use the long_name attribute anyway 
where I am free to use "omega".

Regards
Burkhardt






Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk>
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Dear Brian

> I think "omega" as a stand-alone name should be made into an alias for
> vertical_air_velocity_expressed_as_tendency_of_pressure.

OK, if no-one else has a view on this (are any meteorologists subscribed 
to
this list?) I will consider myself outvoted and agree to this change.

> What do you think about contracting "expressed_as" to simply "as"?

Of course, it would be shorter, which is an advantage, but it strikes me 
as
being less clear.

Cheers

Jonathan
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