[Go-essp-tech] units of wetso4
Karl Taylor
taylor13 at llnl.gov
Thu Jun 14 11:09:29 MDT 2012
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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