Area_fraction_with_solar_zenith_angle_within_stated_bounds ?
On Jan 6, 2014, at 08:38, Jim Biard <jbiard at cicsnc.org> wrote:
> Hi, and Happy New Year!
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> I tried writing out the definition repeatedly, making it more and more succinct, and came up with some possible names.
>
> The sequence went something like:
>
> Fraction of cell area for which X is within the stated bounds
> Area fraction for which X is within the stated bounds
> Area fraction for X within bounds
> area_fraction_expressing_X (candidate?)
> area_fraction_featuring_X (candidate?)
> area_fraction_exhibiting_X (candidate?)
> area_fraction_with_X (candidate? I like this one best.)
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> I figured they might at least spur some discussion. Feel free to hate them all. I won?t mind.
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> On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> 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
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