[CF-metadata] aerosol water

[Christiane Textor]

Dear Jonathan,

 >isn't an aerosol by definition in air?

Aerosol particles can be within hydrometeors (cloud, precip, ice...), so 
I would like to keep the in_air extension.

Best regards,
Christiane


Jonathan Gregory a écrit :
> Dear Christiane
> 
>> mass_fraction_of_water_in_ambient_aerosol_in_air
>> mass_fraction_of_ambient_aerosol_water_in_air
>>
>> I would prefer the first because all other aerosol components are called 
>> <dry/ambient>_aerosol_in_air.
> 
> The first certainly makes sense to me. I wonder whether _in_air is really need
> for aerosol species, though, because isn't an aerosol by definition in air?
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Jonathan
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