Dear Philip,
Thanks for spotting the mistake! And yes, I did mean y-axis.
Thanks for your comments.
Best wishes,
Alison
==> Please note new email address: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk <==
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J Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065
NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Fax: +44 1235 446314
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Email: alison.pamment at stfc.ac.uk
Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K.
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> From: cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu [mailto:cf-metadata-
> bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Philip J. Cameronsmith1
> Sent: 06 November 2008 01:03
> To: CF-metadata email list
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name(s) needed for satellite-based
> ice driftproducts
>
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Pamment, JA (Alison) wrote:
>
> > Dear Thomas,
> >
> > Thank you for your query. It is not necessary to open a trac ticket
> > because discussion of standard names normally takes place on the
> mailing
> > list.
> [....]
> >
> > sea_ice_y_displacement [m]
> > 'Displacement' means the change in geospatial position of an object
> that
> > has moved over time. The time interval during which the motion took
> > place must be specified using a bounds variable for the time
> coordinate
> > variable. A displacement is a vector quantity. Sea ice displacement
> is
> > defined as a two-dimensional vector, with no vertical component.
"y"
> > indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, when this is not
> > true longitude, positive with increasing y. A y displacement is
> > calculated from the difference in the moving object's grid y
> coordinate
> > between the start and end of the interval given in the time bounds
> > variable.
>
> Hi Alison,
>
> I think I spotted a cut-and-paste error in the above description. I
> assume that it should be "y-axis" instead of "x-axis"?
>
> Otherwise, the descriptions seem clear and reasonable to me. :-)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Philip
>
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> pjc at llnl.gov Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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