Hi Ag,
There is nothing missing from the convention for associating both forecast
and analysis times with a variable. The only thing missing are some of the
examples. I did include one example in the new section 5.7 on scalar
coordinate variables. That is (I think) the only new feature of relevance
for expressing forecast/analysis times.
Brian
On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 09:05:44AM +0100, Stephens, A (Ag) wrote:
> Dear Jonathan,
>
> Can I ask why the forecast time definition is not being included in this
> release of CF?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ag
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Gregory [mailto:j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk]
> > Sent: 14 September 2003 07:45
> > To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> > Subject: [CF-metadata] proposed first non-beta version of CF
> >
> >
> > A new beta-release (1.0-beta5) of the CF standards document
> > is now complete.
> > We propose that this version should become the first non-beta
> > release of CF,
> > in early October. If you have any comments on things which
> > should be corrected
> > or changed in this version, please make them to the email
> > list by the end of
> > September. Once we have made a non-beta release, presumably
> > we will not want
> > to make any backward-incompatible changes.
> >
> > However, additions to the standard will of course continue.
> > In beta5, many of
> > the changes which have been discussed and agreed on the email
> > list have been
> > implemented, as described in the document listing changes
> > between beta4 and
> > beta5, which can be found under the CF home page
> > (http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/cf-metadata/).
> > There remain some to be incorporated, in particular the
> > treatment of forecast
> > time, and how to record operations such as covariance in
> > cell_methods. There
> > are also some grid mappings which have to be added. Proposals
> > for further
> > additions are welcome as usual on the email list. Work will
> > start on a new
> > release once 1.0 is agreed.
> >
> > The standard name table is now available in XML and linked
> > from the standards
> > document. Its contents are the same as those of the HTML
> > version under the
> > home page. The HTML version also has links to the guidelines for the
> > construction of standard names, and to tables of equivalences
> > of standard
> > names with GRIB codes and AMIP names. The table will continue
> > to be added to
> > as requested through the email list. There are a few standard
> > names soon to be
> > added (on radiance and radiative forcing). There will be a
> > large number of
> > additions arising from the EU PRISM project in the next few months.
> >
> > Comments on this process or any aspect of the development of
> > CF are welcome.
> >
> > Jonathan Gregory
> > Brian Eaton
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