[CF-metadata] New CF Standard Name (antenna_temperature)

From: Ken Roberts <Ken.Roberts>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:48:30 -0400

All,

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has a Special Sensor
Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) product currently being developed for the
Climate Data Record (CDR) program. The dataset contains variables for
brightness temperature and corresponding antenna temperature values.
Given that there does not appear to be a fitting CF standard name for
antenna temperature, we would like to propose a new name,
antenna_temperature, defined as a measure of the power per unit
bandwidth received from a source by an antenna (units are Kelvin).

Regards,
Ken

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Ken P. Roberts
Programmer Analyst, STG, Inc., Government Contractor
Remote Sensing & Applications Division
National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
Phone: (828) 271-4083
Fax: (828) 271-4328
Ken.Roberts at noaa.gov

Received on Wed Apr 06 2011 - 10:48:30 BST