[CF-metadata] ancillary variables and coordinates

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:12:20 +0100

Dear Upendra

> Does the spatio temporal coordinates specified for a variable
> apply automatically to all the ancillary variables as well or do
> they need to be specified explicitly for each ancillary variable? Or
> is it left to the software to decide? Is there any recommendation
> here?

Ancillary variables are data variables, and need the coordinates and
grid_mapping attributes if applicable.

Cheers

Jonathan
Received on Tue Aug 16 2011 - 10:12:20 BST