On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Randy Horne <rhorne at excaliburlabs.com> wrote:
> The range for the data variable is not error/uncertainty.
>
> Rather, the data variable is one of a set of data variables needed to define the current environmental conditions at a location.
>
> The specific data variable is an energy band with an upper and lower limit where the energy band is dynamic, and a function of the current environmental conditions.
Perhaps not CF-compliant, but my tendency would be to add another
dimension to the data array, of length-2, and store the high and low
values there. So if you have a 1-D array to begin with, you could use
a Nx2 array to store you data, and:
low = variable[i][0]
high = variable[i][1]
but maybe that doesn't fit into CDF standards well, in whcih case, two
variables with standard names:
the_standard_name_lower_limit
and
the_standard_name_upper_limit
would work fine. Is there currently a standard_name for this data,
when not given as a range?
-Chris
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