I would suggest the expanded form. Even people within the CONUS don't
know what CONUS stands for. ;-) We use CONUS as a map name in the IDV
and most users have no clue what that is.
Don
On 9/9/11 10:31 AM, Jim Biard wrote:
> Jonathan,
>
> I'm happy either way. The acronym CONUS is in widespread use within the
> CONUS, but I am fine with a more explicit form.
>
> Jim
>
> On 9/9/2011 12:09 PM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
>> Dear Jim
>>
>>> I have a need for a region standard_name of "conus". This is for the
>>> contiguous United States. I don't see any other way to specify this
>>> region. Can we add this please?
>> I think it would be fine to give it a standardised region name to add
>> to the
>> list in
>> http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/standardized-region-names
>>
>> but could it avoid abbreviation in order to me more self-explanatory e.g.
>> contiguous_united_states[_of_america]? "conus" is not an acronym that
>> I've ever
>> seen before although I expect it is familiar to inhabitants of conus.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Jonathan
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