[CF-metadata] Putting the units in a CF standard name: area_fraction

From: Steven Emmerson <emmerson>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:27:35 -0700

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:36 AM Martin Juckes - UKRI STFC <
martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:

> Could we avoid this confusion in the future by replacing the term with a
> more neutral term, such as "area_cover"?
>

That would be inconsistent with the NIST recommendation. See <
https://www.nist.gov/physical-measurement-laboratory/nist-guide-si-chapter-8>.
Search for "fraction".

Regards,
Steve Emmerson
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