CF Standard Names - Accepted names for aerosols and chemistry
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Version 1: 20.12.2006
Version 2: 09.01.2007
This table gives a list of variables that have been almost accepted by the CF community CF mailing list.
Goto the the list of HTAP Proposed Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Names
The standard_names listed on this page are used within model intercomparison within the Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution TF HTAP. However, as the simulations already started before the names have been officially approved by CF, some minor changes will be necessary.
TABLE VERSION 1
CF Standard_name | Canonical unit | Explanation |
dry deposition flux at the surface | ||
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_all_nitrogen_oxides_expressed_as_nitrogen | kg m-2 s-1 | NOy is the sum of all simulated oxidized nitrogen species, out of NO, NO2, HNO3, HNO4, NO3aerosol, NO3(radical), N2O5, PAN, other organic nitrates. Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition" |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_ozone | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of O3. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_nitric_acid | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of HNO3. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_nitrogen_dioxide | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of NO2. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_ammonia | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of NH3. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_ammonium | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of NH4. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_dimethyl_sulfide | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of DMS. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_sulfur_dioxide | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of SO2. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of SO4. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of BC. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Particulate organic matter refers to all particulate organic matter aerosol, expect for black carbon. Expressed as mass of particulate organic matter. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of sea salt. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_dust_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of dust. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_hexachlorobiphenyl | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB-153). |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_alpha_hexachlorocyclohexane | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of alpha_hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH). |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_elemental_mercury | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of Hg. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_divalent_mercury | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of Hg. |
surface_dry_deposition_mass_flux_of_mercury_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Dry deposition includes gravitational settling, impact scavenging, and turbulent deposition. Expressed as mass of Hg. |
wet deposition flux at the surface | ||
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_all_nitrogen_oxides_expressed_as_nitrogen | kg m-2 s-1 | NOy is the sum of all simulated oxidized nitrogen species, out of NO, NO2, HNO3, HNO4, NO3aerosol, NO3(radical), N2O5, PAN, other organic nitrates |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_nitric_acid | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of HNO3. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_ammonia | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of NH3. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_ammonium | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of NH4. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_dimethyl_sulfide | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of DMS. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_sulfur_dioxide | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of SO2. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of SO4. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of BC. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Particulate organic matter refers to all particulate organic matter aerosol, expect for black carbon. Expressed as mass of particulate organic matter. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_seasalt_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of sea salt. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_dust_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of dust. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_hexachlorobiphenyl | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB-153). |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_alpha_hexachlorocyclohexane | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of alpha_hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH). |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_elemental_mercury | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of Hg. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_divalent_mercury | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of Hg. |
surface_wet_deposition_mass_flux_of_mercury_dry_aerosol | kg m-2 s-1 | Expressed as mass of Hg. |
emission fluxes | ||
atmosphere_emission_mass_flux_of_nox_expressed_as_nitrogen | kg m-2 s-1 | NOx=NO+NO2 |
atmosphere_emission_mass_flux_of_non_methane_volatile_organic_compounds_expressed_as_carbon | kg m-2 s-1 | |
atmosphere_emission_mass_flux_of_anthropogenic_non_methane_volatile_organic_compounds_expressed_as_carbon | kg m-2 s-1 | |
atmosphere_emission_mass_flux_of_biogenic_non_methane_volatile_organic_compounds_expressed_as_carbon | kg m-2 s-1 | |
volume mixing ratios | ||
mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_cabon_monoxide_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_nitrogen_monoxide_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_nitrogen_dioxide_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_nitric_acid_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_peroxyacetyl_nitrate_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_hydroxyl_radical_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_dimethyl_sulfide_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_sulfur_dioxide_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_hexachlorbiphenyl_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_alpha_hexachlorocyclohexane_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_mercury_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_divalent_mercury_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_anthropogenic_non_methane_volatile_organic_compounds_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_biogenic_non_methane_volatile_organic_compounds_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mole_fraction_of_dimethyl_sulfide_in_air | 1=mole mole-1 | |
mass mixing ratio | ||
mass_fraction_of_pm10_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | The relative humidity should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name relative_humidity |
mass_fraction_of_pm2p5_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | The relative humidity should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name relative_humidity |
mass_fraction_of_pm1_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | The relative humidity should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name relative_humidity
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mass_fraction_of_nitrate_dry_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | Expressed as mass of NO3. |
mass_fraction_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | Expressed as mass of SO4. |
mass_fraction_of_ammonium_dry_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | Expressed as mass of NH3. |
mass_fraction_ of_black_carbon_dry_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | Expressed as mass of BC. |
mass_fraction_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | Particulate organic matter refers to all particulate organic matter aerosol, expect for black carbon. Expressed as mass of particulate organic matter. |
mass_fraction_of_secondary_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | Secondary organic matter aerosol refers to particulate organic matter formed within the atmosphere from gaseous pre-cursors. Expressed as mass of particulate organic matter. |
mass_fraction_ of_seasalt_dry_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | Expressed as mass of sea salt. |
mass_fraction_of_dust_dry_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | Expressed as mass of dust. |
mass_fraction_of_mercury_dry_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | Expressed as mass of Hg. |
mass_fraction_of_water_in_ambient_aerosol_in_air | 1=kg kg-1 | |
fluxes due to chemical reactions | ||
chemical_gross_production_rate_of_mole_concentration_of_ozone | mole m-3 s-1 | |
chemical_gross_destruction_rate_of_mole_concentration_of_ozone | mole m-3 s-1 | |
chemical_gross_destruction_rate_of_mole_concentration_of_methane | mole m-3 s-1 | |
chemical_gross_destruction_rate_of_mole_concentration_of_carbon_monoxide | mole m-3 s-1 | |
optical depth | ||
pm10_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
pm2p5_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
pm1_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
nitrate_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
sulfate_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
ammonium_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
black_carbon_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
seasalt_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
dust_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
water_in_ambient_aerosol_optical_depth | 1 | The wavelength should be given as as scalar coordinate variables using the standard name radiation_wavelength |
others | ||
atmosphere_mass_of_air_per_unit_area | kg m-2 | vertically integrated mass of air |