[CF-metadata] standard name for position

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:58:54 +0100

Dear Alejandro

Ah, I see. No, I don't think there is a standard name for that. If the index
had some meaning e.g. if it was a standardised station number, a standard name
could indicate that. If it is purely an index with no intrinsic meaning, I am
not sure that it would add any information to give it a standard name. What do
you think? In a sense, I would say that the variable exists only because it is
not possible to construct the netCDF file without it. All you're really
interested in is its dimension.

Cheers

Jonathan
Received on Wed Sep 16 2009 - 01:58:54 BST