[CF-metadata] identification of vector components

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:08:07 +0000

Dear Jon

I am sure that the phrase "true longitude" in the standard name definition
simply means "longitude", not "x-direction". If there were a need for standard
names which had to distinguish different sort of longitude, that's another
matter, which hasn't been raised before, presumably because "longitude" is
usually accurate enough, certainly for GCMs and for many observational purposes
as well. However it would be possible to have alternative more precise terms.

Best wishes

Jonathan
Received on Sat Apr 21 2012 - 12:08:07 BST