Vocabulary
Climate and Forecast Standardized Region Names
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P30/current/ |
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| Description | Terms used to label regions of the Earth's Surface or their representation in a numerical simulation in the CF metadata conventions for data stored in NetCDF. |
| Creator | Climate and Forecast Standard Names Committee |
| Modified | 2024-11-12 |
| Version Info | 5 |
| Identifier | P30 |
| Register Manager | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Register Owner | Climate and Forecast Standard Names Committee |
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| ID ↑ | Preferred Label ↑ | Definition ↑ | Date ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| africa | africa | 2013-01-08 | |
| antarctica | antarctica | 2013-01-08 | |
| arabian_sea | arabian_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| aral_sea | aral_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| arctic_ocean | arctic_ocean | 2013-01-08 | |
| asia | asia | 2013-01-08 | |
| CFSRLAAO | atlantic_artic_ocean | The atlantic_arctic_ocean region comprises the entire geographic region covered by both the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. | 2018-12-17 |
| atlantic_ocean | atlantic_ocean | 2013-01-08 | |
| australia | australia | 2013-01-08 | |
| baltic_sea | baltic_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| cfbarope | barents_opening | 2013-07-11 | |
| barents_sea | barents_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| beaufort_sea | beaufort_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| bellingshausen_sea | bellingshausen_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| bering_sea | bering_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| cfberstr | bering_strait | 2013-07-11 | |
| black_sea | black_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| cfcanarc | canadian_archipelago | 2013-07-11 | |
| caribbean_sea | caribbean_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| caspian_sea | caspian_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| central_america | central_america | 2013-01-08 | |
| chukchi_sea | chukchi_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| cfcounst | contiguous_united_states | 2013-07-11 | |
| cfdaviss | davis_strait | 2018-07-10 | |
| cfdenstr | denmark_strait | 2013-07-11 | |
| cfdrapas | drake_passage | 2013-07-11 | |
| east_china_sea | east_china_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| cfengcha | english_channel | 2013-07-11 | |
| eurasia | eurasia | 2013-01-08 | |
| europe | europe | 2013-01-08 | |
| cffascch | faroe_scotland_channel | 2013-07-11 | |
| cfflbast | florida_bahamas_strait | 2013-07-11 | |
| cffrastr | fram_strait | 2013-07-11 | |
| cfgibral | gibraltar_strait | 2018-07-10 | |
| global | global | 2013-01-08 | |
| global_land | global_land | 2013-01-08 | |
| global_ocean | global_ocean | 2013-01-08 | |
| great_lakes | great_lakes | 2013-01-08 | |
| greenland | greenland | 2013-01-08 | |
| gulf_of_alaska | gulf_of_alaska | 2013-01-08 | |
| gulf_of_mexico | gulf_of_mexico | 2013-01-08 | |
| hudson_bay | hudson_bay | 2013-01-08 | |
| cficfach | iceland_faroe_channel | 2013-07-11 | |
| indian_ocean | indian_ocean | 2013-01-08 | |
| CFSRLIPO | indian_pacific_ocean | The indian_pacific_ocean region comprises the entire geographic region covered by both the Indian and Pacific oceans. This is distinct from the indo_pacific_ocean region. | 2018-12-17 |
| indo_pacific_ocean | indo_pacific_ocean | A biogeographic region of sea, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the tropical western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two around Indonesia. The indo_pacific_ocean region does not include the temperate and polar regions of the Indian and Pacific oceans, nor the tropical eastern Pacific. This is distinct from the indian_pacific_ocean region. | 2018-12-17 |
| cfindthr | indonesian_throughflow | 2013-07-11 | |
| irish_sea | irish_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| lake_baykal | lake_baykal | 2013-01-08 | |
| lake_chad | lake_chad | 2013-01-08 | |
| lake_malawi | lake_malawi | 2013-01-08 | |
| lake_tanganyika | lake_tanganyika | 2013-01-08 | |
| lake_victoria | lake_victoria | 2013-01-08 | |
| mediterranean_sea | mediterranean_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| cfmozcha | mozambique_channel | 2013-07-11 | |
| north_america | north_america | 2013-01-08 | |
| north_sea | north_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| NORTHHEM | northern_hemisphere | 2024-11-11 | |
| norwegian_sea | norwegian_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| cfpaequn | pacific_equatorial_undercurrent | 2013-07-11 | |
| pacific_ocean | pacific_ocean | 2013-01-08 | |
| persian_gulf | persian_gulf | 2013-01-08 | |
| red_sea | red_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| ross_sea | ross_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| sea_of_japan | sea_of_japan | 2013-01-08 | |
| sea_of_okhotsk | sea_of_okhotsk | 2013-01-08 | |
| south_america | south_america | 2013-01-08 | |
| south_china_sea | south_china_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| SOUTHHEM | southern_hemisphere | 2024-11-11 | |
| southern_ocean | southern_ocean | 2013-01-08 | |
| cftalust | taiwan_luzon_straits | 2013-07-11 | |
| weddell_sea | weddell_sea | 2013-01-08 | |
| cfwinpas | windward_passage | 2013-07-11 | |
| yellow_sea | yellow_sea | 2013-01-08 |
