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Update wind derivative/integral names (#78)
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Following up on the discussion in #77, this updates the streamfunction, velocity_potential, vorticity, and divergence names to:

air_horizontal_streamfunction
air_horizontal_velocity_potential
air_upward_absolute_vorticity
air_horizontal_divergence

Also, the description of air_upward_absolute_vorticity is updated to indicate that it is the kth/upward component of the curl.
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ncrossette authored Oct 31, 2024
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions Metadata-standard-names.md
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* `real(kind=kind_phys)`: units = m s-2
* `tendency_of_northward_wind_due_to_model_physics`: Total change in northward wind from a physics suite
* `real(kind=kind_phys)`: units = m s-2
* `atmosphere_horizontal_streamfunction`: Scalar function describing the stream lines of the wind
* `air_horizontal_streamfunction`: Scalar function describing the stream lines of the wind
* `real(kind=kind_phys)`: units = m2 s-1
* `atmosphere_horizontal_velocity_potential`: Scalar potential of the wind
* `air_horizontal_velocity_potential`: Scalar potential of the wind
* `real(kind=kind_phys)`: units = m2 s-1
* `atmosphere_upward_absolute_vorticity`: The curl of the vector wind field
* `air_upward_absolute_vorticity`: The upward (kth) component of the curl of the vector wind field
* `real(kind=kind_phys)`: units = s-1
* `divergence_of_wind`: The (horizontal) divergence of the 2-D vector wind field
* `air_horizontal_divergence`: The (horizontal) divergence of the 2-D vector wind field
* `real(kind=kind_phys)`: units = s-1
* `surface_upward_heat_flux_in_air`: Surface upward heat flux in air
* `real(kind=kind_phys)`: units = W m-2
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long_name="Total change in northward wind from a physics suite">
<type kind="kind_phys" units="m s-2">real</type>
</standard_name>
<standard_name name="atmosphere_horizontal_streamfunction"
<standard_name name="air_horizontal_streamfunction"
long_name="Scalar function describing the stream lines of the wind">
<type kind="kind_phys" units="m2 s-1">real</type>
</standard_name>
<standard_name name="atmosphere_horizontal_velocity_potential"
<standard_name name="air_horizontal_velocity_potential"
long_name="Scalar potential of the wind">
<type kind="kind_phys" units="m2 s-1">real</type>
</standard_name>
<standard_name name="atmosphere_upward_absolute_vorticity"
long_name="The curl of the vector wind field">
<standard_name name="air_upward_absolute_vorticity"
long_name="The upward (kth) component of the curl of the vector wind field">
<type kind="kind_phys" units="s-1">real</type>
</standard_name>
<standard_name name="divergence_of_wind"
<standard_name name="air_horizontal_divergence"
long_name="The (horizontal) divergence of the 2-D vector wind field">
<type kind="kind_phys" units="s-1">real</type>
</standard_name>
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