Hi Aleksandar,
Satellite datasets have a range of needs that the
PointObservationConventions (a.k.a. Discrete Sampling Geometries") don't
try to address. It might be worth your while consulting with some of
the individuals who are working on applications of CF to satellite obs.
I've cc'ed Ken Casey of the GHRSST project and Ken Roberts who is
leading CF satellite discussions at NCDC.
- Steve
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On 10/6/2010 7:24 PM, Aleksandar Jelenak wrote:
> Dear Jonathan,
>
>>> I am seeking a clarification about the proposed addition to the CF
>>> convention for discrete sampling geometries data:
>>>
>>> https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/wiki/PointObservationConventions
>>>
>>> My data would fit the Single timeSeries type except the variables have
>>> more than one dimension: var(obs, dim2, dim3, ..., dimN). Does such
>>> variables still qualify as discrete sampling geometry data?
>>
>> Not in the proposals current being considered for this convention.
>> What are the
>> additional dimensions?
>
> In my case there is an additional dimension: channels of a satellite
> instrument. I wanted to generalize this case, hence all the way to dimN.
>
> I think supporting more dimensions would be possible if the order of
> outer dimensions is maintained as described by the current proposal.
>
> -Aleksandar
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Received on Thu Oct 07 2010 - 16:08:47 BST
