[CF-metadata] New Standard Names for Satellite Data

From: Aleksandar Jelenak - NOAA Affiliate <aleksandar.jelenak>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:21:53 -0500

Dear Bruno,

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Bruno PIGUET <bruno.piguet at meteo.fr> wrote:
> I have one remark about "platform_azimuth_angle"
>
> I like this name and it correspond to usual navigation definition (as
> far as I can tell from my experience with airborne and shipborne
> measurements), but...
>
> There is already a standard name called "platform_orientation", whose
> definition seems to be the same, even if less precisely-worded : The
> platform orientation is the direction in which the "front" or
> longitudinal axis of the platform is pointing (not necessarily the same
> as the direction in which it is travelling, called platform_course).

platform_orientation is not the same as platform_azimuth_angle. This
azimuth angle is related to measurements made by an instrument mounted
on a platform (satellite, ship, airplane, truck, etc.).

       -Aleksandar
Received on Mon Jan 14 2013 - 09:21:53 GMT