Hi.
I recently requested a mask-type standard name, and the suggestion was to make the standard name contain the word binary, so these would be cloud_binary_mask, aerosol_binary_mask, etc. See the existing standard name land_binary_mask as the example.
Grace and peace,
Jim
Jim Biard
Research Scholar
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites
Remote Sensing and Applications Division
National Climatic Data Center
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jim.biard at noaa.gov
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On Sep 28, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Martin Raspaud <martin.raspaud at smhi.se> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While working with cloud products extracted from weather satellite data,
> we would like to add the following standard names. Tell us what you think!
>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>
> "cloud_mask"
> Description: A variable with the standard name of cloud_mask contains
> strings which indicate whether it is cloudy or not, also classes like
> partly_cloudy is allowed. These strings have not been standardised.
> Alternatively, the data variable may contain integers which can be
> translated to strings using flag_values and flag_meanings attributes.
> Units: 1
>
>
> "aerosol_mask"
> Description: A variable with the standard name of aerosol_mask contains
> strings which indicate whether there are aerosols present or not. These
> strings have not been standardised. Alternatively, the data variable may
> contain integers which can be translated to strings using flag_values
> and flag_meanings attributes.
> Units: 1
>
>
> "cloud_type"
> Description: A variable with the standard name of cloud_type contains
> strings which indicate the type of cloud e.g. low_level_cloud or
> thin_cirrus. These strings have not been standardised. Alternatively,
> the data variable may contain integers which can be translated to
> strings using flag_values and flag_meanings attributes.
> Units: 1
>
> "probability_of_precipitation_in_an_intensity_interval"
> Description: "probability_of_X" means the chance that X is true or of at
> least one occurrence of X.
> For probability_of_precipitation_in_an_intensity_interval, this means
> the chance (in percent) that the precipitation intensity is in the
> defined interval. The interval (from x mm/h to y mm/h) should be
> described in attribute description. Usually two or more variables of
> this type are combined, for adjacent intervals.
> Units: 1
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