[CF-metadata] question and time and standard_name...

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 20:39:07 +0100

Dear Ed

> But the standard name table gives only one valid standard_name for a
> time variable: "time".
>
> Can I assume then that there are no other standard names for time
> coordinate variables?

forecast_reference_time also appears in the stdname table, and others may
be added. Time coordinate variables can be identified by having units of
time, and optionally by the axis attribute.

Cheers

Jonathan
Received on Wed Oct 04 2006 - 13:39:07 BST