[CF-metadata] mixed layer depth

Jonathan Gregory j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk
Mon Nov 28 01:19:30 MST 2005


Dear Tony

You're right that the name of ocean_mixed_layer_thickness is rather vague. I
think we could keep this for when the precise definition is unimportant, but
I'd propose we introduce

  ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_diagnosed_from_mixing_scheme 
  ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_diagnosed_from_temperature
  ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_diagnosed_from_sigma_t
  ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_diagnosed_from_sigma_theta

to be more precise and explicit. Would that be all right? Standard name
parameters could be recorded to indicate the delta-T criterion etc. (We have
agreed that we need a convention for such parameters but it hasn't been framed
yet.)

Best wishes

Jonathan


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