Not sure I followed this thread, but maybe "land_cover" should be
generalized to cover ocean characteristics (e.g., sea ice ... is this
the only possibility?), and land_cover="lake" sounds a bit odd.
Again, maybe this is irrelevant to the thread.
Karl
Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear Elke
>
>
>>I have another question to the other fraction quantities. What will
>>happen to the other standart names:
>>
>>vegetation_area_fraction
>>land_area_fraction
>
>
>>You want to define a superior area fraction, with data information
>>land_cover= 'vegetation'
>>land_cover='land'
>>land_cover='forest'
>
>
>>What will happen to the old standart names just existing?
>
> They will continue to be valid.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jonathan
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