ratio_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_anomaly_to_relaxation_timescale

under discussion
Created: 5 Feb 2024
Proposer: Jonathan Gregory & Lars Barring
Proposed Date: 2024-01-10
#270
Change Date: 5 Feb 2024, 4:45 p.m.
Term: ratio_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_anomaly_to_relaxation_timescale
Unit: K s-1
Unit ref: KPRS
AMIP:
GRIB:
The quantity with standard name ratio_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_anomaly_to_relaxation_timescale is a correction term applied to modelled sea water potential temperature. The term is estimated as the deviation of model local sea water potential temperature from an observation-based climatology (e.g. World Ocean Database) weighted by a user-specified relaxation coefficient in s-1 (1/(relaxation timescale)). Potential temperature is the temperature a parcel of air or sea water would have if moved adiabatically to sea level pressure. The phrase "ratio_of_X_to_Y" means X/Y. The term "anomaly" means difference from climatology.
Change Date: 5 Feb 2024, 4:52 p.m.
Term: ratio_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_anomaly_to_relaxation_timescale
Unit: K s-1
Unit ref: KPRS
AMIP:
GRIB:
The quantity with standard name ratio_of_sea_water_potential_temperature_anomaly_to_relaxation_timescale is a correction term applied to modelled sea water potential temperature. The term is estimated as the deviation of model local sea water potential temperature from an observation-based climatology (e.g. World Ocean Database) weighted by a user-specified relaxation coefficient in s-1 (1/(relaxation timescale)). Potential temperature is the temperature a parcel of air or sea water would have if moved adiabatically to sea level pressure. The phrase "ratio_of_X_to_Y" means X/Y. The term "anomaly" means difference from climatology. It is strongly recommended to include a units_metadata attribute.