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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Dear colleague-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="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><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Atmospheric Composition Variable Standard Name Convention</span></em><strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
</span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;font-style:normal">(ESDS-RFC-043)</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">.</span></i><span style="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><a href="https://earthdata.nasa.gov/user-resources/standards-process"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">ESDIS
Project's standards process</span></a><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323232">. Approved documents are published and listed on the </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://earthdata.nasa.gov/user-resources/standards-and-references"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Standards
Requirements and References</span></a><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> <span style="color:#323232"> page.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Atmospheric Composition Variable Standard Name Convention</span></i><span style="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="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">You are invited to review the</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"> </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Atmospheric
Composition Variable Standard Name Convention</span></em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> (ESDS-RFC-043) in the context of your experience.
<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><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;font-style:normal">Convention
and published on the </span></em><a href="https://earthdata.nasa.gov/user-resources/standards-and-references"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Standards Requirements and References</span></i></a><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#323232"> page</span><em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">.
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">If you have already submitted a review for ESDS-RFC-043 (Atmospheric Composition Variable Standard Name Convention), thank you</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">The ESCO review will run through June 8<sup>th</sup>, 2022. </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="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 style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">If approved, this will be adopted as a Convention.</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="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 style="color:black"><a href="https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/ESO/ESCO+Review+-+Atmospheric+Composition+Variable+Standard+Names"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">ESCO
Review – Atmospheric Composition Variable Standard Name</span></a></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="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 style="color:black"><a href="mailto:esco-staff@lists.nasa.gov"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">esco-staff@lists.nasa.gov</span></a></span><span style="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 style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> send any questions about the review to the ESCO staff at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:esco-staff@lists.nasa.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#3B73AF">esco-staff@lists.nasa.gov.</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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