[CF-metadata] Clarification of what content is allowed to be in a single file

From: Jim Biard <jbiard>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 09:20:04 -0400

Good question, Daniel!

On 10/9/19 7:37 AM, Daniel Neumann wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> If data in a file is of a specific feature type (time series,
> trajectory, ...), only one feature type is allowed per file (Chapter
> 9.1. Features and feature types). Regularly gridded data (not ragged)
> has no feature type. Is it allowed to have gridded data and data of
> one feature type in a single file? Or is gridded data considered to
> have an implicit feature type?
>
> It might be reasonable to keep these two types of data separated in
> different files to prevent misinterpretation of the one or other
> variable. However, I cannot find a passage in the CF Conventions that
> explicitly prohibits it.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
>
>
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