Dear Brian,
Thanks for filling me in. I hadn't looked but had just read through the last
e-mail from yourself and Jonathan.
However, I would argue for there to be a more explicit section on
'Describing forecast data'. This would make sense to me given the name of
the convention.
Kind regards,
Ag
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Eaton [mailto:eaton at ucar.edu]
> Sent: 18 September 2003 15:39
> To: Stephens, A (Ag)
> Cc: 'cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu'
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] proposed first non-beta version of CF
>
>
> 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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