[CF-metadata] cell_methods

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:19:49 +0000

Dear Burkhardt

> Suppose a forecast model calculates the daily maximum of the two meter
> temperature. The time step of the model is 300s (that makes 288 time
> steps or 2 meter temperature values per day). Thus it is not a
> continous quantity.
> From the examples in the CF1.0-Conventions document the cell_methods
> attribute should look like this:
> cell_methods='time: maximum (interval: 300 s)'
> Right?

I think so, yes. If it were truly continuous in time, or if you weren't
interested in the timestep, you would put just "time: maximum". The ()
part is optional. The time bounds should indicate that each interval is a day.

Cheers

Jonathan
Received on Sat Nov 11 2006 - 06:19:49 GMT