[CF-metadata] Fwd: Re: new standard names: day, night, and day/night terminator area_fractions

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 16:13:20 +0000

Dear John

It's the fraction of area where the solar zenith angle lies within a range
specified by the coordinate bounds. Can you think of a way to say that which
is short and clear?

> Area fraction _of what_? day vs night, as I recall ... need the word for that concept in their somewhere.
>
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 07:38, Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > Dear Karl
> >
> >> I don't find "area_fraction_of_solar_zenith_angle" to be
> >> understandable and I'm not sure the phrase makes sense.
> >
> > What do you think about the somewhat longer possibility
> > area_fraction_as_a_function_of_solar_zenith_angle

Cheers

Jonathan
Received on Mon Jan 06 2014 - 09:13:20 GMT