[CF-metadata] Gaussian Lat/Lon grids

From: John Caron <caron>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:10:12 -0600

Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear John
>
>>> I dont see a standard for encoding gaussian weights for a gaussian
>>> Latitude grid (eg GRIB GDS type 4 "Gaussian Lat/Lon"). Does this seem
>>> needed? If so, any suggestions?
>
> What are the weights? Are they cell areas? If so, they can be put in a
> variable with the same dimension as the data variable, and pointed to by
> the cell_measures attribute of the data variable. If they are some other
> kind of weight, perhaps defining a new cell_measures for them would be
> the right approach.

Hi Jonathan:

Im hoping someone else knows the answer to your questions.
Received on Tue Jun 26 2007 - 10:10:12 BST