Jonathan:
xxxx_area_fraction is fine.
very respectfully,
randy
On Jun 14, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear Randy
>
>> The specific geophysical quantity where this issue came up are the
>> different cloud phase categories (std name = cloud_phase_category). that
>> are reported for the entire image on a percentage basis.
> ...
>> Moving forward we will propose "percent_" standard_names as required.
>
> Thanks. area_fraction would be more consistent with existing standard_names -
> there are quite a lot of them. It is also more informative, because it says
> what it's a proportion of. A canonical unit of 1 is dimensionally consistent
> with percent, which is a dimensionless unit permitted by udunits.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jonathan
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