Aleksander et al:
I have a question ...
This email addresses 3) below ...
3) The names in green also did not receive any comment so far but I
changed them based on the recent discussion about handling spectral
radiance with its incompatible units. For example, instead of
"spectral_radiance" in names is replaced with
"radiance_per_unit_wavenumber" and "radiance_per_unit_wavelength".
Conversion between radiance_per_unit_wavenumber and
radiance_per_unit_wavelength can be done without any additional information
(There is a simple mathematical relationship between wavenumber and
wavelength).
Here is an excerpt from the CF standard:
canonical units
Representative units of the physical quantity. Unless it is dimensionless,
a variable with a standard_name attribute must have units which are
physically equivalent (not necessarily identical) to the canonical units.
Given the simple conversion between these two quantities, is there really a
need for two standard_names ?
very respectfully,
randy
From: "Aleksandar Jelenak - NOAA Affiliate" <aleksandar.jelenak at noaa.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:12 PM
To: "cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu" <cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu>
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] New Standard Names for Satellite Data
Dear all,
I think the names I proposed back in November last year have reached
the business end of the acceptance process. For your convenience they
are gathered in one place:
http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Standard_Names_For_Satellite_Observations#
Proposal_.232
The proposed names are color-coded into three categories:
1) Those names that did not receive any comment and are unchanged
since being proposed are in gray.
2) The names that did receive comments and had been changed in
response are in blue. No further comments for several weeks now.
3) The names in green also did not receive any comment so far but I
changed them based on the recent discussion about handling spectral
radiance with its incompatible units. For example, instead of
"spectral_radiance" in names is replaced with
"radiance_per_unit_wavenumber" and "radiance_per_unit_wavelength".
I am not aware of any outstanding issues to discuss. Based on this, I
think these names are ready to be accepted and would appreciate if
someone would report at what stage of the process they are.
-Aleksandar
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