[CF-metadata] The use of CF cell constructs for point data

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 10:16:20 +0100

Dear Randy

> Is it CF compliant to use "cell" constructs for data having a featureType of "point" (i.e. no implied coordinate relationship to other points) ?

I am not sure what you mean by cell constructs. Are you referring to
cell_methods, perhaps? That would be a good question. I think it should be
possible to use cell_methods, but it probably ought to refer to the physical
dimensions of the cell (lat, lon, time, etc.) i.e. the auxiliary coordinates,
rather than the index space. It should be the cell_methods that you would use
if you stored the data in the orthogonal multidimensional representation,
I think.

Is that the right question?

Best wishes

Jonathan
Received on Mon Apr 09 2012 - 03:16:20 BST