[CF-metadata] RE: Geyer and Ruane standard names

[Beate.Geyer at gkss.de]

Dear Alison,

1. ok
2. not yet answered by Alison (see my email from 2006/04/19)
3. unit Pa is ok; why do you suggest 'total' at the beginning of the 
standard name?
4. ok
5. yes, I wish to 'describe the range of values that stomatal resistance 
may take as a function of vegetation type'
6. ok
7. ok are
tendency_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content_due_to_turbulence:kg m-2 s-1
tendency_of_water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_turbulence:kg 
m-2 s-1

Answer from A.Ruane: "Convection is by definition unstable, so stable 
convection is not 
proper (my apologies if there was confusion).  Stable_moistening or 
non_convective_moistening make more sense (let's go with 
non_convective_moistening) because this covers situations where moistening 

occurs without convection present (for example, condensation resulting 
from longwave cooling)."
New proposals could be:
tendency_of_atmosphere_water_vapor_content_due_to_non_convective_moistening: 
kg m-2 s-1
tendency_of_water_vapor_content_of_atmosphere_layer_
due_to_non_convective_moistening: kg m-2 s-1

8.
change_in_atmosphere_energy_content_due_to_change_in_sigma_coordinate_with_surface_pressure: 
J m-2
change_in_energy_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_change_in_sigma_coordinate_with_surface_pressure: 
J m-2
or
change_in_atmosphere_energy_content_due_to_change_in_sigma_coordinate_wrt_surface_pressure: 
J m-2
change_in_energy_content_of_atmosphere_layer_due_to_change_in_sigma_coordinate_wrt_surface_pressure: 
J m-2
are ok

9.
subsurface runoff in hydrology is divided in two parts: interflow 
(relative fast response to precipitation) and baseflow
this page could help to clarify:
http://www.usace.army.mil/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-1417/c-8.pdf

10.
ok are
atmosphere_rate_of_absorption_of_net_shortwave|longwave_energy: W m-2
rate_of_absorption_of_net_shortwave|longwave_energy_in_atmosphere_layer: W 
m-2
answer from A.Ruane: "I believe I cleared up the convection/condensation 
questions 
above, but maybe we should indicate that it is latent energy that is being 

released."
new proposals could be: 
rate_of_atmosphere_latent_energy_released_by_deep_convection: W m-2
rate_of_latent_energy_in_atmosphere_layer_released_by_deep_convection: W 
m-2
rate_of_atmosphere_latent_energy_released_by_shallow_convection: W m-2
rate_of_latent_energy_in_atmosphere_layer_released_by_shallow_convection: 
W m-2
rate_of_atmosphere_latent_energy_released_by_non_convective_moistening: W 
m-2
rate_of_latent_energy_in_atmosphere_layer_released_by_non_convective_moistening: 
W m-2

11. yes, no single quantities
ok is horizontal_atmosphere_energy_transport:W m-2
instead of  horizontal_energy_transport_in_air:W m-2
we would prefer
horizontal_energy_transport_in_atmosphere_layer:W m-2

for consistency we should take
horizontal_atmosphere_dry_energy_transport:W m-2
horizontal_dry_energy_transport_in_atmosphere_layer:W m-2

12. dry energy is meant, so they should be
   eastward_dry_energy_flux_in_air; W m-1 
   upward_dry_energy_flux_in_air; W m-1 
   northward_dry_energy_flux_in_air; W m-1 

13. as in 12. dry energy is meant; new proposal would be: 
tendency_of_atmosphere_dry_energy_content
14. ok
15. ok
16. definition of critical point comes from hydrology it is something like 
wilting point, I'll search for appropriate literature

Thanks for your work,
Beate
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