[CF-metadata] Different variables with same standard name

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:37:04 +0100

Dear Egil

> Is it possible to have a CF-compliant netCDF-file with the same
> standard_name for several variables? I can not see that this is
> explicitly prohibited in the CF standard, but all the examples are
> conforming to a one-to-one relationship rule for names vs. standard_names.

Yes, it is possible. Presumably they would be distinguished by some
other metadata (time coordinates, cell_methods, etc.).

Cheers

Jonathan
Received on Thu Oct 19 2006 - 07:37:04 BST