CCPP Framework Meeting Minutes 2021 06 08

Agenda

• Process for creating a cross-lab standard name resource
• horizontal_dimension, horizontal_loop_extent, ...
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Process for creating a cross-lab standard name resource

• PR "Updated CCPP standard names": https://github.com/ESCOMP/CCPPStandardNames/pull/13
• PR "Rules for creating CCPP standard names": https://github.com/ESCOMP/CCPPStandardNames/pull/14
• What is the purpose and the scope of the CCPP standard names dictionary?
• Dictionary is a lookup resource, not used actively during build
  • Add a statement at the top of the repository to make this clear
  • For interoperability, not for functionality
  • Can add a lint tool to verify standard names against it
  • Should it contain units? If so, which? Defaults? Probably not.
• What about lumped chemical species?
  • The standard name won't change, can the long name be used to describe that X consists of A+B+C here, but only A+B somewhere else?

horizontal_dimension, horizontal_loop_extent, ...

• Revisiting the old topic. Could the framework substitute horizontal dimensions behind the scenes, so that scheme developers don't have to worry about it?
• See https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-doc/pull/45

Other business

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