CF Standard Names - Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol
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The Standard Name Table is maintained through the metadata mailing list. As of April 7, 2006, the table contained 755 standard names, roughly categorized fields:
- Radiation 129
- Hydrology 128
- Surface 114
- Atmosphere Dynamics 95
- Cloud 41
- Sea Ice 30
- Ocean Dynamics 17
- Carbon Cycle 16
- Other 185
*Total 755
Among the 'Other' registered standard names one finds a handful of names relevant to air chemistry/air quality:
CF standard name | canonical unit | note | |
aerosol_angstrom_exponent | 1,00E+00 | 1,00E+00 | |
atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol | 1,00E+00 | ||
atmosphere_content_of_sulfate_aerosol | kg m-2 | ||
atmosphere_sulfate_content | kg m-2 | ||
mass_concentration_of_sulfate_aerosol_in_air | kg m-3 | ||
biomass_burning_carbon_flux ?? aerosol ? gas ? | kg m-2 s-1 | ||
mass_fraction_of_dimethyl_sulfide_in_air | 1 | kg m-2 | "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area.
"Aerosol" means the suspended liquid or solid particles in air (except cloud droplets). |
mass_fraction_of_ozone_in_air | 1 | kg m-2 | "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area.
The "atmosphere content" of a quantity refers to the vertical integral from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. For the content between specified levels in the atmosphere, standard names including content_of_atmosphere_layer are used. |
mass_fraction_of_sulfur_dioxide_in_air | 1 | kg m-3 | Mass concentration means mass per unit volume
and is used in the construction mass_concentration_of_X_in_Y, where X is a material constituent of Y. "Aerosol" means the suspended liquid or solid particles in air (except cloud droplets). |
mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air | 1 | Pa | |
equivalent_pressure_of_atmosphere_ozone_content | Pa | m | |
equivalent_thickness_at_stp_of_atmosphere_ozone_content | m | 1,00E+00 | |
mass_fraction_of_ozone_in_air | 1,00E+00 | 1,00E+00 | |
mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air | 1,00E+00 | kg m-2 | |
atmosphere_water_content | kg m-2 | kg m-2 | |
surface_carbon_dioxide_mole_flux | mol s-2 s-1 | 1 | |
specific_humidity | kg/kg moist air | ||
humidity_mixing_ratio | kg/kg dry air | ||
atmosphere_water_vapor_content | kg m-2 |
Given the formal concensus-based procedues and the broad acceptance of the CF convnentions in the met/ocean communities, it is a very attractive model for creating an Air Chemistry extention to the exisiting Standard Names. Rhusar 22:12, 18 April 2006 (CDT)