Dear Jonathan,
Thanks for your response. This is going to be used as the horizontal
dimension for a stream of atmospheric vertical profiles (e.g.
temperature(position,height)). It will be an index running from 1 to N
(number of profiles). Then, the variables [latitude(position),longitude
(position),time(position)] will give the geographical position and time
of the profiles. Is there any CF standard name suitable for this?
Thanks again for your help.
Regards,
Alejandro
On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 08:38 +0100, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear Alejandro
>
> > Is there a standard name for 'position'? I have found names like
> > magnitude_of_derivative_of_position_wrt_y_coordinate_index, but I cannot
> > find position as a standard name.
>
> "position" is not a single number - it needs two or three coordinates, and
> they should have individual standard names, such as longitude and latitude.
> What coordinate system would you like to use for position?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jonathan
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