Issues

• Need clarification on when and how a medium should be specified

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#161 · Filter by author mkavulich opened on Sep 27, 2026

• Define un-defined abbreviations, and adopt consistent use of currently used and currently defined abbreviations

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#160 · Filter by author mkavulich opened on Sep 24, 2026

• Comments do not appear alongside the standard name definitions in either Metadata file

  bug
  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#158 · Filter by author mkavulich opened on Sep 22, 2026

• Usage of "sea" vs "ocean" in names

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#156 · Filter by author svahl991 opened on Jul 23, 2026
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• Questions about "skin temperature" definitions

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#154 · Filter by author mkavulich opened on Jul 15, 2026
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• Standard for surface level prefix/suffix?

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#150 · Filter by author svahl991 opened on Jun 13, 2026
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• Address potential duplicate names

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#146 · Filter by author mkavulich opened on Apr 20, 2026

• Mapping to Grib Tables

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#120 · Filter by author areinecke opened on Jul 3, 2025
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• Update standard names with latest variables used in CCPP Physics repository

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#115 · Filter by author mkavulich opened on Jun 3, 2025
  

• Dealing with "total water" variants and water variants in general

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#110 · Filter by author MarekWlasak opened on May 8, 2025
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• Define standard name terms; determine which terms are synonyms

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#105 · Filter by author mkavulich opened on Mar 26, 2025
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• [release/v1] Create tool/script that validates standard names using official name components?

  enhancement
  Feature

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#100 · Filter by author nusbaume opened on Mar 6, 2025

• [release/v1] Use of _for_coupling suffix to indicate variables needed for coupling

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#99 · Filter by author mkavulich opened on Mar 6, 2025
  

• Define or disambiguate "nonphysics"

  documentation
  Feature

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#90 · Filter by author gold2718 opened on Feb 27, 2025
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• Feedback on the meaning of: sea_ice_area_fraction_of_sea_area_fraction

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#57 · Filter by author ss421 opened on Dec 18, 2023
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• What to do about model-specific variable names?

  help wanted
  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#46 · Filter by author mkavulich opened on Aug 14, 2023
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• Revisit several reference pressure-related standard names

  ESCOMP/ESMStandardNames#15 · Filter by author grantfirl opened on Jul 1, 2021
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