[CF-metadata] Radar backscatter and dB

From: Helen Snaith <h.snaith>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:56:25 +0100

Hi

I may simply be unable to find this discussion, as I'm sure it must
have been raised, if so, I apologise in advance!

Along with many others, I'm generating products for satellite
altimetry (and SAR) data, and want to make CF compliant files.
One of the key variables is (normalised) radar backscatter, commonly
referred to as sigma-0.
As far as I know, the only units used for this are dB, but this is not
a recognised unit. Are there any plans to incorporate this? or is
there an appropriate alternative?

thanks
Helen



Helen

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