Standard name table announcements

[feggleton]

Dear all,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 70, dated 10 December 2019. The changes have also been published on the NERC vocabulary server and are listed below. A KWIC index for version 70 has also been created.

Marcelo Andrioni and Aaron Sweeney have been added to the list of standard name contributors: http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/standard-name-contributors.html

The next update to the standard name table will be early in 2020, dates to be confirmed.

Kind regards,

Francesca

V70 standard name changes

1. New names

a. Stokes drift names proposed by Marcelo Andrioni:
eastward_sea_water_velocity_at_sea_floor
eastward_sea_water_velocity_due_to_tides
northward_sea_water_velocity_at_sea_floor
northward_sea_water_velocity_due_to_tides
sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_eastward_velocity
sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_northward_velocity
sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_speed
sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_to_direction
sea_water_speed_at_sea_floor
sea_water_speed_due_to_tides
sea_water_velocity_to_direction_at_sea_floor
sea_water_velocity_to_direction_due_to_tides

b. navigation clearance name proposed by Aaron Sweeney:
vertical_navigation_clearance_above_waterway_surface

2. New aliases

a. Jonathan Gregory proposed added the word 'Velocity' to the 'to direction' and 'from direction' terms:
sea_water_from_direction -> sea_water_velocity_from_direction
sea_water_to_direction -> sea_water_velocity_to_direction

3. Modifications to definitions of existing names

a. The phrase 'and within the benthic boundary layer for measurements.' was added to the definitions of existing _at_sea_floor names:
sea_water_potential_temperature_at_sea_floor
sea_water_practical_salinity_at_sea_floor
sea_water_salinity_at_sea_floor
sea_water_temperature_at_sea_floor

[feggleton]

Dear all,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 71, dated 04 February 2020. The changes have also been published on the NERC vocabulary server and are listed below. A KWIC index for version 71 has also been created.

Ronny Petrik has been added to the list of standard name contributors: http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/standard-name-contributors.html

The next update to the standard name table will be in March 2020, dates to be confirmed.

Kind regards,

Francesca

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V71 standard name changes

  1. New names

a. Proposed by Ute Daewel and Beate Geyer:
mass_concentration_of_zooplankton_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water

b. Proposed by Marcelo Andrioni:
sea_surface_primary_swell_wave_from_direction_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
sea_surface_secondary_swell_wave_from_direction_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
sea_surface_swell_wave_directional_spread
sea_surface_swell_wave_from_direction_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
sea_surface_swell_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
sea_surface_tertiary_swell_wave_from_direction_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
sea_surface_wind_wave_from_direction_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum
tidal_sea_surface_height_above_mean_low_water_springs

c. Proposed by Beate Geyer and Ronny Petrik:
surface_direct_along_beam_shortwave_flux_in_air
atmosphere_mass_content_of_snow

d. Proposed by Roy Lowry:
biological_taxon_name
biological_taxon_identifier
number_concentration_of_biological_taxon_in_sea_water
colony_forming_unit_number_concentration_of_biological_taxon_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_sea_water

e. Proposed by Martin Juckes and Alison:
reference_pressure

  2. Updated names

a. Proposed by Beate Geyer and Ronny Petrik:
sea_water_potential_temperature
air_potential_temperature
atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_liquid_water

b. Proposed by Martin Juckes:
dimensionless_exner_function
sea_water_potential_density

c. Changes made as a consequence of the above:
change_over_time_in_sea_water_potential_density
sea_water_sigma_theta
mass_fraction_of_snow_in_air

  3. New aliases

mass_fraction_of_rain_in_air -> mass_fraction_of_rain_and_drizzle_in_air

[feggleton]

Dear all,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 72, dated 10 March 2020. The changes have also been published on the NERC vocabulary server and are listed below. A KWIC index for version 72 has also been created.

Micah Wengren, Daniel Lee, Jessica Austin and Ute Daewel have been added to the list of standard name contributors: http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/standard-name-contributors.html

The next update to the standard name table will be in May 2020, dates to be confirmed.

Kind regards,

Francesca

V72 standard name changes

1. New names

a. Proposed by Beate Geyer / Ronny Petrik:
atmosphere_mass_content_of_liquid_precipitation

b. Proposed by Beate Geyer
probability_distribution_of_wind_from_direction_over_time

c. Proposed by Ute Daewel / Beate Geyer and others:
mass_concentration_of_diazotrophic_phytoplankton_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water

d. Proposed by Jessica Austin:
aggregate_quality_flag
attenuated_signal_test_quality_flag
climatology_test_quality_flag
flat_line_test_quality_flag
gap_test_quality_flag
gross_range_test_quality_flag
location_test_quality_flag
multi_variate_test_quality_flag
neighbor_test_quality_flag
rate_of_change_test_quality_flag
spike_test_quality_flag
syntax_test_quality_flag

e. Proposed by Daniel Lee:
projection_x_angular_coordinate
projection_y_angular_coordinate

2. Updated names

a. Proposed by Beate Geyer / Ronny Petrik:
mass_fraction_of_liquid_precipitation_in_air

b. Proposed by Beate Geyer / Ronny Petrik/Roy Lowry:
The four 'air' temperature names mentioned below in aliases.

c. Proposed by many contributors:
The seven 'diazotrophic_phytoplankton' names mentioned below in aliases.

d. Proposed by Alison Pamment:
The descriptions of all 45 existing cloud_liquid_water standard names were updated (not listed here see issue #111 and #193)

e. Proposed by Francesca Eggleton:
Updated a broken link in all the names (10 names) containing the phrase 'boundary_layer_mixing'.

3. New aliases

a. air_equivalent_potential_temperature --> alias: equivalent_potential_temperature
b. air_pseudo_equivalent_potential_temperature --> alias: pseudo_equivalent_potential_temperature
c. air_equivalent_temperature --> alias: equivalent_temperature
d. air_pseudo_equivalent_temperature --> alias: pseudo_equivalent_temperature
(The above names were 'modified' with 'air' to give aliases and the descriptions were also updated, these are not written above to avoid repetition)

e. growth_limitation_of_diazotrophs_due_to_solar_irradiance --> growth_limitation_of_diazotrophic_phytoplankton_due_to_solar_irradiance
f. iron_growth_limitation_of_diazotrophs --> iron_growth_limitation_of_diazotrophic_phytoplankton
g. mass_concentration_of_diazotrophs_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water --> mass_concentration_of_diazotrophic_phytoplankton_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
h. mole_concentration_of_diazotrophs_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water --> mass_concentration_of_diazotrophic_phytoplankton_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
i. net_primary_mole_productivity_of_biomass_expressed_as_carbon_by_diazotrophs --> net_primary_mole_productivity_of_biomass_expressed_as_carbon_by_diazotrophic_phytoplankton
j. nitrogen_growth_limitation_of_diazotrophs --> nitrogen_growth_limitation_of_diazotrophic_phytoplankton
k.tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water_due_to_net_primary_production_by_diazotrophs --> tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water_due_to_net_primary_production_by_diazotrophic_phytoplankton
(The above names were modified with 'diazotrophic_phytoplankton' to give aliases and the descriptions were also updated, these are not written above to avoid repetition)

l. mass_fraction_of_rain_and_drizzle_in_air -> mass_fraction_of_liquid_precipitation_in_air
m. mass_fraction_of_rain_in_air -> mass_fraction_of_liquid_precipitation_in_air

[feggleton]

Hi all,

Please bear with me in terms of replying to and managing standard name requests as (I'm sure everyone else is in a similar position) there are only two of us and some things must take priority (e.g. caring for family, childcare and other work commitments). Similarly, I think everyone will understand if discussions aren't as active and we need to adjust things accordingly. We will be in touch soon to discuss things going forward, in terms of the next standard name table update (tbc).

Thanks,

Fran

[feggleton]

Dear all,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 73, dated 23 June 2020. The changes have also been published on the NERC vocabulary server and are listed below. A KWIC index for version 73 has also been created.

Andreas Wiesmann has been added to the list of standard name contributors: http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/standard-name-contributors.html

The Area Type Table has also been updated. The current version is now version 10, dated 23rd June 2020. This now includes 'permafrost'.

Kind regards,

Francesca

V73 standard name changes:

1. New names

a. Proposed by Daniel Neumann:
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_organic_nitrogen_in_sea_water

b. Proposed by Andreas Wiesmann:
permafrost_active_layer_thickness
permafrost_area_fraction
solid_earth_subsurface_temperature

2. Updated names

a. Proposed by Martin Juckes:
area_type
region
bedrock_altitude
bedrock_altitude_change_due_to_isostatic_adjustment
tendency_of_bedrock_altitude
land_cover_lccs

b. Proposed by Beate Geyer and Ronny Petrik:
ertel_potential_vorticity

c. Proposed by Alison Pamment
soil_temperature

[japamment]

Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 74, dated 4 August 2020. The changes have been published on the NERC vocabulary server and a KWIC index for version 74 has also been created.

Hana Hourston and Di Wan have been added to the list of standard name contributors.

The next update will be in September 2020, exact dates to be confirmed.

Best wishes,
Alison

V74 standard name changes:

1. New names

a. Names for acoustic Doppler current profiler instruments. Proposed by Hana Hourston and Di Wan.
beam_consistency_indicator_from_multibeam_acoustic_doppler_velocity_profiler_in_sea_water (Canonical units: 1)
indicative_error_from_multibeam_acoustic_doppler_velocity_profiler_in_sea_water (Canonical units: m s-1)
proportion_of_acceptable_signal_returns_from_acoustic_instrument_in_sea_water (Canonical units: 1)

b. Name to record temperature for sea water analysis. Proposed by Andrew Barna.
temperature_of_analysis_of_sea_water (Canonical units: K)

[japamment]

Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 75, dated 15 September 2020. The changes have been published on the NERC vocabulary server and a KWIC index for version 75 has also been created.

Emily Schlie, Eric Engle and Steve Olson have been added to the list of standard name contributors.

The next update will be in October, exact dates to be confirmed.

Best wishes,
Alison

V75 standard name changes:

1. New names

a. Names for acoustic Doppler current profiler instruments. Proposed by Hana Hourston and Di Wan.
signal_intensity_from_multibeam_acoustic_doppler_velocity_sensor_in_sea_water (Canonical units: 1)

b. Names for meteorological quantities. Proposed by Emily Schlie, Eric Engle and Steve Olson.
apparent_air_temperature (Canonical units: K)
atmosphere_layer_thickness_expressed_as_geopotential_height_difference (Canonical units: m)
eastward_derivative_of_eastward_wind (Canonical units: s-1)
eastward_derivative_of_northward_wind (Canonical units: s-1)
eastward_derivative_of_wind_from_direction (Canonical units: degree m-1)
heat_index_of_air_temperature (Canonical units: K)
northward_derivative_of_eastward_wind (Canonical units: s-1)
northward_derivative_of_northward_wind (Canonical units: s-1)
northward_derivative_of_wind_from_direction (Canonical units: degree m-1)
predominant_precipitation_type_at_surface (Canonical units: none)
upward_derivative_of_eastward_wind (Canonical units: s-1)
upward_derivative_of_northward_wind (Canonical units: s-1)
upward_derivative_of_wind_from_direction (Canonical units: degree m-1)
wind_chill_of_air_temperature (Canonical units: K)

2. Aliases

Aliases for upward vorticity components. Proposed by Beate Geyer and Ronny Petrik.
atmosphere_relative_vorticity -> atmosphere_upward_relative_vorticity
atmosphere_absolute_vorticity -> atmosphere_upward_absolute_vorticity

3. Changes to units of existing names

Arising from the discussion of the new meteorological names, the canonical units of the following string valued quantities have been corrected from '1' to none:
sea_ice_classification
soil_type
thermodynamic_phase_of_cloud_water_particles_at_cloud_top

[feggleton]

Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 76, dated 13 October 2020. The changes have been published on the NERC vocabulary server and a KWIC index for version 76 has also been created.

Kathleen Bailey has been added to the list of standard name contributors.

The next update is to be confirmed.

Best wishes,

Fran

V76 standard name changes:

1. New names

a. Relative Vorticity names proposed by Beate geyer and Ronny Petrik:
atmosphere_x_relative_vorticity
atmosphere_y_relative_vorticity

b. Reference epoch term proposed by Roy Lowry and others:
reference_epoch

c. Tidal names proposed by Jessica Austin, Micah Wengren and Kathleen Bailey:
tidal_sea_surface_height_above_mean_higher_high_water
tidal_sea_surface_height_above_mean_lower_low_water

[japamment]

Dear All,

We plan to update the standard name table next week (beginning 18th January 2020). The planned changes can be viewed in full in the CEDA vocabulary editor. This is a final opportunity to comment on any of these names before we proceed with the update, so please take a few minutes to check the list. Links to the GitHub issues where the names have been discussed are given in the editor.

N.B. I'm making this announcement ahead of time to reflect the discussion in issue #80 where there is general support for allowing a comment period between accepting names and publishing them. No additional changes to standard names will be accepted from today for a period of one week to allow for the comment period. Once this update is published we will begin accepting changes in preparation for the next one.

Best wishes,
Alison

[feggleton]

Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 77, dated 19 January 2021. The changes have been published on the NERC vocabulary server and a KWIC index for version 77 has also been created.

Corinne Derval has been added to the list of standard name contributors.

The next update is to be confirmed.

Best wishes,
Fran

V77 standard name changes:

1. New names

a. Wind relative to surface current terms proposed by Nan Galbraith:
eastward_air_velocity_relative_to_sea_water
magnitude_of_air_velocity_relative_to_sea_water
northward_air_velocity_relative_to_sea_water
to_direction_of_air_velocity_relative_to_sea_water

b. Phytoplankton size class terms proposed by Corinne Derval:
mass_concentration_of_microphytoplankton_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_nanophytoplankton_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water

c. Shallow convection terms proposed by Beate Geyer and Burkhardt Rocklel:
mass_fraction_of_shallow_convective_cloud_liquid_water_in_air
shallow_convective_cloud_base_altitude
shallow_convective_cloud_top_altitude

d. Stratiform term proposed by Beate Geyer and Burkhardt Rockel:
stratiform_graupel_fall_amount

e. Roughness length term proposed by Nan Galbraith:
surface_roughness_length_for_humidity_in_air

f. Convective cloud terms proposed by Beate Geyer and Burkhardt Rockel:
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_convective_cloud_ice_in_air
tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_convective_cloud_liquid_water_in_air

g.Stress term proposed by Nan Galbraith:
to_direction_of_surface_downward_stress

2. Aliases

a. Proposed by Beate Geyer and Burkhardt Rockel:
snow_density -> surface_snow_density

3. Updated terms

a. Surface snow names had definition update to be in line with new phrase:
age_of_surface_snow
change_over_time_in_surface_snow_amount
liquid_water_content_of_surface_snow
liquid_water_mass_flux_into_soil_due_to_surface_snow_melt
lwe_thickness_of_surface_snow_amount
mass_fraction_of_rainfall_falling_onto_surface_snow
mass_fraction_of_solid_precipitation_falling_onto_surface_snow
sea_ice_and_surface_snow_amount
soot_content_of_surface_snow
surface_snow_amount
surface_snow_and_ice_melt_flux
surface_snow_and_ice_melt_heat_flux
surface_snow_and_ice_refreezing_flux
surface_snow_area_fraction
surface_snow_binary_mask
surface_snow_density
surface_snow_melt_amount
surface_snow_melt_and_sublimation_heat_flux
surface_snow_melt_flux
surface_snow_melt_heat_flux
surface_snow_sublimation_amount
surface_snow_sublimation_heat_flux
surface_snow_thickness
temperature_in_surface_snow
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_due_to_sublimation_of_surface_snow
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_due_to_sublimation_of_surface_snow_and_ice
tendency_of_surface_snow_amount
tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_conversion_of_snow_to_sea_ice
tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_drifting_into_sea
tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_sea_ice_dynamics
tendency_of_thermal_energy_content_of_surface_snow_due_to_rainfall_temperature_excess_above_freezing
thermal_energy_content_of_surface_snow

b. Update to downward stress definitions to be in line with new term above:
integral_wrt_time_of_surface_downward_eastward_stress
integral_wrt_time_of_surface_downward_northward_stress
magnitude_of_surface_downward_stress
surface_downward_eastward_stress
surface_downward_eastward_stress_due_to_boundary_layer_mixing
surface_downward_northward_stress
surface_downward_northward_stress_due_to_boundary_layer_mixing
surface_downward_x_stress
surface_downward_x_stress_correction
surface_downward_y_stress
surface_downward_y_stress_correction

c. Update to roughness length definitions to be in line with new humidity term:
surface_roughness_length_for_heat_in_air
surface_roughness_length_for_momentum_in_air

[feggleton]

Hi all,

Just to let everyone know, I will be unavailable to work on CF Standard Names between the 1st of March and the 28th of May as I am on secondment. I have handed over to Alison and she will pick up on anything that needs doing while I'm away.

Thanks,

Fran

[japamment]

Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 78, dated 21 September 2021. The changes have been published on the NERC vocabulary server and a KWIC index for version 78 has also been created. All changes are listed below.

Jody Klymak, David Hassell, Nick Brown and Michel Paquette have been added to the list of standard name contributors.

Best wishes,
Alison

V78 standard name changes:

1. New names

a. Convective index proposed by Beate Geyer and Burkhardt Rockel (#72)
lightning_potential_index

b. Wave model ancillary forcing parameters proposed by Andy Saulter (#89)
difference_between_sea_surface_temperature_and_air_temperature
sea_floor_sediment_grain_size
sea_ice_floe_diameter

c. Miscellaneous names proposed by Emily Schlie, Eric Engle, and the CAMPS team (NOAA MDL) (#92)
storm_motion_speed
atmosphere_helicity

d. Name proposed for the ESA Snow CCI Project by Andreas Wiesmann (#94)
snow_area_fraction_viewable_from_above

e. Names for atmosphere-wave-ocean stress proposed by Andy Saulter (#96)
surface_downward_eastward_stress_due_to_sea_surface_waves
surface_downward_northward_stress_due_to_sea_surface_waves
surface_downward_eastward_stress_due_to_ocean_viscous_dissipation
surface_downward_northward_stress_due_to_ocean_viscous_dissipation
sea_surface_downward_eastward_stress_due_to_dissipation_of_sea_surface_waves
sea_surface_downward_northward_stress_due_to_dissipation_of_sea_surface_waves
surface_upward_eastward_stress_due_to_sea_surface_waves
surface_upward_northward_stress_due_to_sea_surface_waves

f. Names for atmosphere-wave-ocean coupling diagnostics proposed by Andy Saulter (#97)
eastward_friction_velocity_in_air
northward_friction_velocity_in_air
sea_surface_wave_mean_wavenumber_from_variance_spectral_density_first_wavenumber_moment
sea_surface_wave_xx_radiation_stress
sea_surface_wave_yy_radiation_stress
sea_surface_wave_xy_radiation_stress

g. Names for improved permafrost characterization proposed by Nick Brown & Michel Paquette (#106)
ice_volume_in_frozen_ground_in_excess_of_pore_volume_in_unfrozen_ground_expressed_as_fraction_of_frozen_ground_volume
ratio_of_ice_volume_in_frozen_ground_to_pore_volume_in_unfrozen_ground
depth_at_base_of_unfrozen_ground
thermal_conductivity_of_frozen_ground
specific_heat_capacity_of_frozen_ground
specific_heat_capacity_of_frozen_ground
mass_fraction_of_gravel_in_soil
mass_fraction_of_sand_in_soil
mass_fraction_of_silt_in_soil
mass_fraction_of_clay_in_soil
mass_fraction_of_organic_matter_in_soil
soil_water_ph

h. Names for change in land ice mass proposed by Andreas Groh (#108)
change_in_land_ice_mass
tendency_of_land_ice_mass

i. Standard name for dissolved inorganic carbon
moles_of_dissolved_inorganic_carbon_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water

2. Aliases

a. A new alias proposed by Roy Lowry for taxon id. (Conventions issue cf-convention/discuss#308)
biological_taxon_identifier -> biological_taxon_lsid

3. Updated descriptions for existing terms

a. Correct spelling mistake in description of realization name. Proposed by David Hassell. (#99)

b. Correction of typo in a group of climate index standard names. Proposed by Lars Bärring. (#105). The affected names are:
number_of_days_with_air_temperature_above_threshold
number_of_days_with_air_temperature_below_threshold
number_of_days_with_lwe_thickness_of_precipitation_amount_above_threshold
number_of_days_with_surface_temperature_below_threshold
number_of_days_with_wind_speed_above_threshold
spell_length_of_days_with_air_temperature_above_threshold
spell_length_of_days_with_air_temperature_below_threshold
spell_length_of_days_with_lwe_thickness_of_precipitation_amount_above_threshold
spell_length_of_days_with_lwe_thickness_of_precipitation_amount_below_threshold

[japamment]

One further set of changes to definitions of existing names in Version 78 of standard names:

Corrections to Doppler current profiler descriptions proposed by Jody Klymak (#95). The following names are affected:
beam_consistency_indicator_from_multibeam_acoustic_doppler_velocity_profiler_in_sea_water
indicative_error_from_multibeam_acoustic_doppler_velocity_profiler_in_sea_water

[japamment]

Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 79, dated 19 March 2022. The changes have been published on the NERC vocabulary server and a KWIC index for version 79 has also been created. All changes are listed below.

Tim van der Stap, Fernando Carvalho Pacheco, Fernando Santiago-Mandujano and Karin Bjorkman have been added to the list of standard name contributors.

Best wishes,
Alison

V79 standard name changes:

New names

a. One new name proposed by Tim van der Stap #81
mass_concentration_of_phaeopigments_in_sea_water

b. Names proposed by Fernando Carvalho Pacheco, Fernando Santiago-Mandujano and Karin Bjorkman for HOT (Hawaii Ocean Time-Series) #124
mass_concentration_of_19_butanoyloxyfucoxanthin_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_19_hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_adenosine_triphosphate_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_alpha_carotene_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_beta_carotene_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_carotene_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_b_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_c1_and_chlorophyll_c2_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_c3_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_c_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyllide_a_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_diadinoxanthin_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_divinyl_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_fucoxanthin_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_lutein_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_monovinyl_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_peridinin_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_prasinoxanthin_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_violaxanthin_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_zeaxanthin_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_adenosine_triphosphate_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_nitrogen_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_organic_phosphorus_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_phosphorus_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water

[japamment]

Dear All

The standard name table has been updated to version 82, dated 6th July 2023. This is the first version of the table to be published with the enhanced search capabilities (allowing searching on aliases and units) developed by Abel Aoun @bzah. Over the next few days I will reprocess earlier versions of the table to also include the enhanced search.

A KWIC index for v82 has been created.

The update has also been published on the NERC vocabulary server (NVS2) in collection P07.

The area type table has been updated to version 11, dated 6th July 2023. These changes have also been published to NVS2 in collection P29.

Gunnar Bratbak, Ilker Fer, Katrine Husum, Luke Marsden, Fernando Manzano, Chantel Ridsdale, Martin Schupfner and Tatiana Margo Tsagaraki have all been added to the list of standard name contributors.

A full list of the changes to the standard names and area types table is given below below.

I have also included a list of the V81 standard name table changes as they were not announced previously. Nick Brown, Shelby Brunner, Heather Anne Cannaby, Claudio Dema, Swati Gehlot, Lee Kessenich, Michel Paquette and Vivien Voss were added as standard name contributors at V81.

Best wishes
Alison

V82 standard name changes

New names
a. Proposed by Gunnar Bratbak, Ilker Fer, Katrine Husum, Luke Marsden and Tatiana Margo Tsagaraki #150
gross_mole_production_of_biomass_expressed_as_carbon_by_prokaryotes_in_sea_water
gross_production_of_biomass_expressed_as_carbon_by_prokaryotes_in_sea_water
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_ice
mass_concentration_of_phaeopigments_in_sea_ice
mass_concentration_of_prokaryotes_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_calcium_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_iron_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_magnesium_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_manganese_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_phosphorus_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_potassium_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_sodium_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_sulfur_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_zinc_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_prokaryotes_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water
sea_floor_sediment_age_before_1950
sea_water_speed_shear

b. Proposed by OceanNetworksCanada2/Chantel Ridsdale #210
specific_enthalpy_of_air

c. Proposed by Fernando Manzano #213
deployment_latitude
deployment_longitude

d. Proposed by Martin Schupfner #214 and #215
specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_of_air
wind_speed_of_gust_due_to_convection
wind_speed_of_gust_due_to_turbulence

New Aliases

Correction of one typo related to #156: universal_thermal_climate_index -> universal_thermal_comfort_index

Changes to Units

Typographical errors were corrected in the units of the following names (see #230, #234, #235):
atmosphere_convective_available_potential_energy_wrt_surface
atmosphere_convective_inhibition
atmosphere_convective_inhibition_wrt_surface
lightning_potential_index
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_organic_nitrogen_in_sea_water

V11 area type changes

New area types

Proposed by Karl Taylor #176 and #193
stratiform_cloud
air

Modifications to area type descriptions

a. Proposed by Karl Taylor #182
The description of ice_sheet was modified to disambiguate it from the meaning of land_ice:
'An area type of "ice_sheet" indicates where ice sheets are present. It includes both grounded ice sheets resting over bedrock and any ice shelves flowing over the ocean that are attached to grounded ice sheets. The ice_sheet area type excludes ice-caps and glaciers and any floating ice shelves and ice tongues attached to them, but the land_ice area type includes those as well as the ice_sheet area.'

b. Alison Pamment added descriptions to the "convective_cloud" and "cloud" area types to reflect the text added for the new stratiform_cloud area type in #176. (Previously there were no descriptions for these).

V81 standard name changes

New names

a. Proposed by Markus Fiebig #127
log10_size_interval_based_number_size_distribution_of_aerosol_particles_at_stp_in_air
log10_size_interval_based_number_size_distribution_of_aerosol_particles_in_air
log10_size_interval_based_number_size_distribution_of_cloud_condensation_nuclei_in_air
number_size_distribution_of_aerosol_particles_at_stp_in_air
number_size_distribution_of_aerosol_particles_in_air
number_size_distribution_of_cloud_condensation_nuclei_at_stp_in_air
number_size_distribution_of_cloud_condensation_nuclei_in_air

b. Proposed by Nick Brown and Michel Paquette #136
compressive_strength_of_unconfined_frozen_soil
compressive_strength_of_unconfined_soil
density_ratio_of_dry_soil_to_water
dry_soil_density
frozen_soil_density
ground_slope_angle
ground_slope_direction
mass_ratio_of_moisture_to_dry_soil
minimum_mass_ratio_of_water_to_dry_soil_for_soil_plastic_behavior
minimum_mass_ratio_of_water_to_dry_soil_for_soil_viscous_flow
shear_strength_of_frozen_soil
shear_strength_of_soil
soil_density
soil_water_salinity
thickness_of_soil_surface_organic_layer

c. Proposed by Claudio Dema #140
aerosol_type_in_atmosphere_layer_in_air
altitude_at_top_of_atmosphere_boundary_layer_defined_by_ambient_aerosol_particles_backwards_scattering_by_ranging_instrument
altitude_at_top_of_atmosphere_mixed_layer_defined_by_ambient_aerosol_particles_backwards_scattering_by_ranging_instrument
angstrom_exponent_of_volume_backwards_scattering_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles
cloud_type
ratio_of_volume_extinction_coefficient_to_volume_backwards_scattering_coefficient_by_ranging_instrument_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles
volume_backwards_scattering_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_by_ranging_instrument_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles
volume_extinction_angstrom_exponent_in_air_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles

d. Proposed by Heather Anne Cannaby #153
acoustic_area_backscattering_strength_in_sea_water
acoustic_target_strength_in_sea_water
acoustic_volume_backscattering_strength_in_sea_water

e. Proposed by Vivien Voss #156
perceived_temperature
physiological_equivalent_temperature
universal_thermal_climate_index

f. Proposed by Swati Gehlot #162 and #163
surface_downward_mass_flux_of_methane_due_to_non_wetland_soil_biological_consumption
surface_upward_mass_flux_of_methane_due_to_emission_from_fires
surface_upward_mass_flux_of_methane_due_to_emission_from_herbivorous_mammals
surface_upward_mass_flux_of_methane_due_to_emission_from_termites
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_organic_13C_in_sea_water

g. Proposed by Lee Kessenich #166
canadian_fire_weather_index
keetch_byram_drought_index
modified_fosberg_fire_weather_index
nfdrs_1000_hour_fuel_moisture
nfdrs_100_hour_fuel_moisture
nfdrs_burning_index
nfdrs_energy_release_component
nfdrs_severe_fire_danger_index

h. Proposed by Shelby Brunner #212
sea_water_electrical_conductivity_at_reference_temperature

New Aliases

Proposed by Andrew Barna for consistency with existing names #216
moles_of_particulate_inorganic_carbon_per_unit_mass_of_sea_water -> moles_of_particulate_inorganic_carbon_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water

[japamment]

Dear All

The standard name table has been updated to version 83, dated 17th October 2023. A KWIC index has been created and the update has also been published on the NERC vocabulary server (NVS2) in collection P07.

Aurore Biardeau has been added to the list of standard name contributors.

A full list of the changes is given below.

Best wishes
Alison

V83 standard name changes

New names

a. Proposed by Fernando Carvalho Pacheco, Fernando Santiago-Mandujano, Karin Bjorkman and Andrew Barna #197

moles_of_adenosine_triphosphate_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_ammonium_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_dissolved_nitrogen_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_dissolved_organic_carbon_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_dissolved_organic_nitrogen_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_dissolved_organic_phosphorus_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_dissolved_phosphorus_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_guanosine_triphosphate_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_carbon_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_nitrogen_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_particulate_matter_expressed_as_phosphorus_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_carbon_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_nitrogen_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_particulate_organic_matter_expressed_as_phosphorus_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
moles_of_sulfur_hexafluoride_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water
sea_water_alkalinity_per_unit_mass_expressed_as_mole_equivalent

b. Proposed by Aurore Biardeau #222
eastward_sea_water_velocity_due_to_ekman_drift
northward_sea_water_velocity_due_to_ekman_drift

New Aliases

Proposed by Karl Taylor for clarity of sign convention #205
water_flux_correction -> water_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_flux_adjustment
heat_flux_correction -> heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_flux_adjustment

[efisher008]

Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 84, dated 19 January 2024. The changes have been published on the NERC vocabulary server and a KWIC index for version 84 has also been created. All changes are listed below.

V84 of the HTML version of the table has a smarter look and feel than previous versions due to the addition of a new CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) in the cf-standard-name-table-1.3.xsl file which was contributed by Abel Aoun (@bzah) in cf-convention/cf-convention.github.io#405.

Nathan Anderson, Imtiaz Dharssi, Stefan Hagemann, Claudio D'Onofrio and Joe Pitt have been added to the list of standard name contributors.

Best wishes,
Ellie

V84 standard name changes:

1. New names

a. Names proposed by Olivier Boucher (#83)
integral_wrt_height_of_product_of_eastward_wind_and_mass_concentration_of_water_vapor_in_air
integral_wrt_height_of_product_of_northward_wind_and_mass_concentration_of_water_vapor_in_air

b. Seven new standard names for flux variables in OceanSITES data files proposed by Nathan Anderson (#206)
difference_between_sea_surface_subskin_temperature_and_sea_surface_foundation_temperature
difference_between_sea_surface_subskin_temperature_and_sea_surface_temperature
difference_between_sea_surface_skin_temperature_and_sea_surface_subskin_temperature
atmosphere_obukhov_length
ocean_obukhov_length
surface_buoyancy_flux_into_air
surface_buoyancy_flux_into_sea_water

c. 23 sea floor sediment names proposed by Luke Marsden (#207)
mass_concentration_of_arsenic_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_lithium_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_chromium_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_nickel_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_manganese_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_vanadium_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_iron_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_cobalt_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_mercury_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_aluminium_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_cadmium_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_zinc_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_phaeopigments_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_lead_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_silver_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_copper_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_organic_carbon_in_sea_floor_sediment
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_floor_sediment
volume_fraction_of_oxygen_in_sea_floor_sediment_pore_water
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_carbon_in_sea_floor_sediment_pore_water
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_organic_carbon_in_sea_floor_sediment_pore_water

d. Names proposed by Stefan Hagemann (#247)
nitrogen_mass_transport_in_river_channel
phosphorus_mass_transport_in_river_channel
silicate_mass_transport_in_river_channel
carbon_mass_transport_in_river_channel

e. Names proposed by Joe Pitt (#260)
mole_fraction_of_cfc13_in_air
mole_fraction_of_hcfc132b_in_air
mole_fraction_of_hcfc133a_in_air

f. Proposed by Imtiaz Dharssi (#251)
volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_saturation

g. proposed by Claudio D'Onofrio (#122)
mole_fraction_of_carbon_dioxide_in_dry_air
mole_fraction_of_carbon_monoxide_in_dry_air
mole_fraction_of_methane_in_dry_air
mole_fraction_of_nitrous_oxide_in_dry_air

2. Aliases

a. Aliases proposed by Emily Schlie for two wind shear standard names. (#91)
eastward_wind_shear -> upward_derivative_of_eastward_wind
northward_wind_shear -> upward_derivative_of_northward_wind

b. Aliases proposed by Jonathan Gregory for two backwards_scattering_function standard names (#185)
volume_attenuated_backwards_scattering_function_in_air -> volume_attenuated_backwards_scattering_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_air
volume_attenuated_backwards_scattering_function_in_air_assuming_no_aerosol_or_cloud -> volume_attenuated_backwards_scattering_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_air_assuming_no_aerosol_or_cloud

c. Aliases proposed by Jonathan Gregory for four volume...coefficient standard names (#186)
volume_absorption_coefficient_in_air_due_to_dried_aerosol_particles -> volume_absorption_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_air_due_to_dried_aerosol_particles
volume_backwards_scattering_coefficient_in_air_due_to_dried_aerosol_particles -> volume_backwards_scattering_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_air_due_to_dried_aerosol_particles
The two further names from this proposal will be aliased in the next standard names table update.

3. Updated descriptions for existing terms

a. proposed by Karl Taylor (#208)
The description for land_ice_mass_not_displacing_sea_water was changed to reflect the correct meaning of this quantity. i.e. "ice that would NOT alter sea level if the ice were converted to water and added to the ocean" -> "ice that WOULD alter sea level if the ice were converted to water and added to the ocean". A sentence on "ice above flotation" (a commonly used alias in glaciology) was added to the definition.

[feggleton]

@japamment @efisher008 as we are now using GitHub Discussions to announce new versions, should we close this issue?

[efisher008]

@feggleton I think it may be worth it to keep the issue open, so that it is easily findable when looking for which names were added in Standard Name table versions between v70 and v84. Technically speaking though, the content is "resolved", so there should be no activity keeping it open unless there needs to be a change to a previous version. What do you think @japamment?