diff --git a/StandardNamesRules.rst b/StandardNamesRules.rst index 8964187..deb51d9 100644 --- a/StandardNamesRules.rst +++ b/StandardNamesRules.rst @@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ ESM Standard Name Rules narrowly-defined context or a variable without the scope-narrowing qualifiers already exists and cannot be reused. +#. If there are two identical quantities from different schemes/processes that + need to be kept apart, suitable qualifiers are added to the names of the processes. + If one process is already established and more common than the other, then it is + sufficient to only prefix the new process with a suitable qualifier. Example: + ``due_to_convective_GWD`` and ``due_to_convenctive_whole_atmosphere_GWD`` + as discussed in https://github.com/ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames/issues/79. + #. Spell out acronyms unless they are obvious to a vast majority of scientists/developers who may come across them. A list of currently-used aliases is below. Whenever such an alias exist, use the alias in the @@ -256,6 +263,7 @@ Suffixes | due_to_dry_convection | due_to_GWD (long name: due to gravity wave drag) | **due_to_convective_GWD** (long name: due to convective gravity wave drag) +| **due_to_convective_whole_atmosphere_GWD** (long name: due to convective whole atmosphere gravity wave drag) | **due_to_orographic_GWD** (long name: due to orographic gravity wave drag) | due_to_gyre | due_to_isostatic_adjustment