tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content

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Created: March 20, 2016
Proposer: Jonathan Gregory / Stephen Griffies
Proposed Date: 2015-01-30
CMIP6 - OMIP
New standard names for OMIP: physics; proposed new ocean standard names to support CMIP6
Change Date: March 20, 2016, 7:57 p.m.
Term: tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content
Unit: W m-2
Unit ref: UFAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. This tendency expresses the time change in model heat content in a grid cell due to all processes impacting the heat content, with this tendency associated with models using potential temperature as the prognostic model field.
Change Date: Oct. 10, 2017, 1:25 p.m.
Term: tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content
Unit: W m-2
Unit ref: UFAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. Potential temperature is the temperature a parcel of air or sea water would have if moved adiabatically to sea level pressure.
Change Date: Nov. 27, 2017, 1:43 a.m.
Term: tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content
Unit: W m-2
Unit ref: UFAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. Potential temperature is the temperature a parcel of air or sea water would have if moved adiabatically to sea level pressure. The phrase "expressed_as_heat_content" means that this quantity is calculated as the specific heat capacity times density of sea water multiplied by the potential temperature of the sea water in the grid cell.
Change Date: Nov. 27, 2017, 3:39 a.m.
Term: tendency_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_expressed_as_heat_content
Unit: W m-2
Unit ref: UFAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. This tendency encompasses all processes that impact on the time changes for the heat content within a grid cell. The phrase "expressed_as_heat_content" means that this quantity is calculated as the specific heat capacity times density of sea water multiplied by the potential temperature of the sea water in the grid cell. Potential temperature is the temperature a parcel of air or sea water would have if moved adiabatically to sea level pressure.