Standard Name Table Release - v89, January 2025

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Dear All,

The standard name table has been updated. The current version is now version 89, dated 21 January 2025. A KWIC index has also been created for V89.

The area type table has also been updated. The current version is now version 12, dated 21 January 2025.

Daniele Peano and Petr Šácha have been added to the list of standard name contributors.

All changes are listed below.

Best wishes,
Alison

V89 standard name changes:

New names

a. cf-convention/vocabularies/issues/215
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_ammonia_due_to_emission_from_fires
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_carbon_monoxide_due_to_emission_from_fires
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_dimethyl_sulfide_due_to_emission_from_fires
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_elemental_carbon_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission_from_fires
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_methane_due_to_emission_from_fires
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nmvoc_due_to_emission_from_fires
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nox_expressed_as_nitrogen_due_to_emission_from_fires
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_particulate_organic_matter_dry_aerosol_particles_due_to_emission_from_fires
tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_sulfur_dioxide_due_to_emission_from_fires
Proposed by Fiona O'Connor for use in AerChemMIP2 and CMIP7.

b. cf-convention/vocabularies/issues/217
upward_northward_momentum_flux_in_air_due_to_nonorographic_gravity_waves
upward_northward_momentum_flux_in_air_due_to_orographic_gravity_waves
Proposed by Petr Šácha for use in DynVarMIP and CMIP7.

c. cf-convention/vocabularies/issues/236
surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky_and_no_aerosol
Proposed by Fiona O'Connor for use in CMIP7.

Correction to units abbreviations

cf-convention/vocabularies/issues/238
projection_x_angular_coordinate - canonical units now listed as rad (instead of radian)
projection_y_angular_coordinate - canonical units now listed as rad (instead of radian)
Proposed by Lars Bärring to harmonise the units strings in the standard name table.

V12 area type changes

New terms
broadleaf_deciduous_trees
broadleaf_evergreen_trees
needleleaf_deciduous_trees
needleleaf_evergreen_trees
Proposed by Martin Juckes and Daniele Peano for use in CMIP7.

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The following should have been included in the list of v89 standard name table changes:

Correction to units abbreviations

cf-convention/vocabularies/issues/238
downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_reference_mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air - canonical units now listed as W m-2 (instead of W/m2)
reference_mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air - canonical units now listed as mol mol-1 (instead of mol/mol)
Proposed by Lars Bärring to harmonise the units strings in the standard name table.