thanks brian. i'll look at that doc, and probably have a few more questions soon.
I dont know how different beta 4 is from beta 3, but if they are different
enough and there is signifacant use of each, you may have to change the
Conventions="CF-1.0" string so that software can distinguish what version is used.
Brian Eaton wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> The latest working draft of the CF conventions linked from
> http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/cf-metadata/ contains the names you
> found in standard_name_20010915.html. Sorry these documents aren't
> consistent. Hopefully they will be soon. I would say that appendix C
> of the CF conventions document is normative (once we get to a non-beta
> release version).
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, John Caron wrote:
>
>
>>
>>In the CF-1 Metadata Conventions, Appendix C at
>>
>> http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/netcdf/CF-20010808.htm
>>
>>Dimensionless Vertical Coordinates standard names are listed as:
>> sigma
>> hybrid_sigma_pressure
>> hybrid_height
>>
>>But in the "standard name table" at
>>
>> http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/netcdf/standard_name_20010915.html
>>
>>these names are listed:
>>
>> atmosphere_sigma_coordinate
>> atmosphere_hybrid_sigma_pressure_coordinate
>> atmosphere_hybrid_height_coordinate
>> ocean_sigma_coordinate:
>> ocean_s_coordinate
>>
>>with no further explanation of what they are except for "see appendix".
>>
>>which is normative, and if the latter, where are these defined?
>>
>>
>>
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Received on Mon Sep 16 2002 - 14:13:58 BST
