[CF-metadata] Two [simple] questions

From: Bärring Lars <Lars.Barring>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:13:10 +0000

Dear all,

Two simple questions of understanding:

1. If I have (observed) daily precipitation with unit mm/day and want to store this in a CF compliant file, should I use standard name
--- "lwe_thickness_of_precipitation_amount" with canonical unit metre and the "per day" part is inferred from the time bounds, or
--- "lwe_precipitation_rate" having canonical unit "m s-1",
--- if both are acceptable, is one to be preferred?


2. The long_name is free, but should be descriptive. I am thinking of this as a succinct plot title, so the question is what practical limitation there might be in relation to different software. Is it advisable to use ASCII spaces (from
Github issue #141 indicates that only standard ASCII character set should be used) ?


Many thanks,

Lars

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Lars B?rring
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SMHI  /  Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
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