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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;background:white"><a name="_Hlk102570728"></a><a name="_Hlk102569628"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">NASA's Earth Science Data and Information Systems (ESDIS) Standards
Coordination Office (ESCO) is requesting comments on the following proposed </span>
</span></span><a name="_Hlk102572668"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Atmospheric Composition Variable Standard Name Convention</span></em></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102572668"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
</span></strong></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102572668"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-style:normal">(ESDS-RFC-043)</span></em></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">.</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
<span style="color:#323232">ESCO conducts reviews of proposed standards, practices, and technical information relevant to the ESDIS mission. Documents are reviewed as part of the </span> </span></span></span><a href="https://earthdata.nasa.gov/user-resources/standards-process"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">ESDIS
Project's standards process</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323232">.
Approved documents are published and listed on the </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span></span></span><a href="https://earthdata.nasa.gov/user-resources/standards-and-references"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Standards
Requirements and References</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> <span style="color:#323232"> page.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Atmospheric Composition Variable Standard Name Convention</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
(ESDS-RFC-043) <span style="color:black">describes a system for generating atmospheric composition standard names, including guidelines on how to generate a standard name, and lists of controlled variable names for use within the atmospheric composition standard
name. The atmospheric composition variable standard names are constructed using four parts: measurement category, core name, acquisition method, and descriptive attributes. The system is intended to address limitations in existing standards.
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">You are invited to review the</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"> </span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Atmospheric
Composition Variable Standard Name Convention</span></em></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> (ESDS-RFC-043) in the context
of your experie<i>nce. </i><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Your insights will help improve this document and determine whether it should be adopted as a </span></em></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;font-style:normal">Convention
and published on the </span></em></span></span><a href="https://earthdata.nasa.gov/user-resources/standards-and-references"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Standards
Requirements and References</span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323232"> page</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">.</span></em></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">The ESCO review will run through June 1<sup>st</sup>, 2022. </span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">ESCO solicits comments from a cross section of the Earth Science community. Reviewers are invited
to read the document and answer the questions provided on the review web page. The ESCO recognizes that not all reviewers will be familiar with all of the content of the document. Reviewers are welcome to review those parts of the document that they have experience
with. You only need to answer questions applicable to you. Additional comments are welcome.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">If approved, this will be adopted as a Convention.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">The document to review, the review questions, and the instructions for review are at </span></strong></span></span><a href="https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/ESO/ESCO+Review+-+Atmospheric+Composition+Variable+Standard+Names"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">ESCO
Review – Atmospheric Composition Variable Standard Name</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">.</span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">If you or your team member can review this document, please send names, email addresses, and Earthdata
login usernames to </span></span></span><a href="mailto:esco-staff@lists.nasa.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">esco-staff@lists.nasa.gov</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">.
The ESCO Staff will add your names as reviewers in the Jama system. You may also</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> send
any questions about the review to the ESCO staff at </span></span></span><a href="mailto:esco-staff@lists.nasa.gov" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">esco-staff@lists.nasa.gov.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102570728"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk102569628"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#538135">Preferred name:</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#538135">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#538135">Jenny Hewson</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#538135"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jennifer.h.hewson@nasa.gov"><span style="color:windowtext">jennifer.h.hewson@nasa.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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