[CF-metadata] Units: degrees - COARDS/CF Convention

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:53:58 +0100

Dear Glenn

I too agree with your interpretation. COARDS and CF disallow degree for lat
and lon, but degree is allowed for some other quantities in the standard name
table e.g. grid_latitude and grid_longitude (for a rotated-pole system) have
units of degree.

I agree with Roy that quantities which are distinguished by according to
either magnetic or true bearing should have that distinction indicated in CF
by semantics i.e. standard_name, not by units.

Best wishes

Jonathan
Received on Tue Jul 26 2011 - 03:53:58 BST