Hi Steve,
I'm afraid I don't understand your comment. When I search for "fraction" in the NIST document I find it defined as being a ratio, which is inconsistent with the current CF usage. The CF standard name concept "area_fraction" is not what NIST or others understand as a "fraction". I'm suggesting a change to remove this inconsistency,
regards,
Martin
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From: Steven Emmerson <emmerson at ucar.edu>
Sent: 30 January 2019 17:27
To: Juckes, Martin (STFC,RAL,RALSP)
Cc: CF-metadata (cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu)
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Putting the units in a CF standard name: area_fraction
On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:36 AM Martin Juckes - UKRI STFC <martin.juckes at stfc.ac.uk<mailto: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
Received on Wed Jan 30 2019 - 12:54:05 GMT
