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[CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data

From: Aleksandar Jelenak <Aleksandar.Jelenak>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:46:53 -0400

Cameron-smith, Philip wrote on 10/19/10 7:44 PM:
> Sometimes these instruments are also flown on aircraft, so do we want
> to hardwire 'satellite' into the standard_name?

Yes, that is the reason why I went with "instrument_".

> It is a bit of a mouthful, but would 'remote_sensing_instrument_'
> work?

I am fine with "remote_sensing_instrument_" if using just "instrument"
is deemed too generic. I thought that combining "instrument" with
"zenith/azimuth/scan" terms is enough to indicate what kind of
instrument is in question.

        -Aleksandar
Received on Tue Oct 19 2010 - 18:46:53 BST

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