[Go-essp-tech] units of wetso4

[Karl Taylor]

Dear Michael and all,

I have received an question (see below) from Mark wondering if there is 
a typo in the CMIP5 "aero" table.  Here is the entry:

1    Wet Deposition Rate of SO4    kg m-2 s-1            wetso4 
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_expressed_as_sulfur_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition

I would note that the standard name above is an alias for
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_dry_aerosol_expressed_as_sulfur_due_to_wet_deposition

Anyway, just wanted you to confirm I hadn't transcribed anything 
incorrectly.

Even if there is some "inconsistency" in units between wetso4 and 
related variables, I think it is too late to change the CMIP5 
specifications.  But we might want to rethink what we request the next 
time around.

best regards,
Karl




On 6/13/12 8:14 PM, mark collier wrote:
> We just noticed that for the field wetso4 (Wet Deposition Rate of SO4) 
> in table aero, the requested units say 
> "tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfate_expressed_as_*sulfur*_dry_aerosol_due_to_wet_deposition". 
> We wonder if that was the intention, or if it is a typo, as every 
> other variable was requested in units of species (SO4, SO2 or DMS), 
> not sulfur. We overlooked that it says sulfur, so we provided data in 
> units of *sulfate*, consistent with other related variables. 


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