CF folks,
On a telecon yesterday with a coastal inundation modeling group, one
of the PIs asked me how to handle vertical datums in NetCDF --
specifically where to specify that the model bathymetry and water
levels were were relative to NAVD88. I wasn't sure how to reply.
Was there any resolution to the 2nd half of this question asked back in 2011?
http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2011/054483.html
I looked at the draft 1.7 spec, and the only vertical datum reference
info I found was the ability to specify VERT_DATUM in the new CRS
well-known-text (WKT) section:
http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.7-draft1/ch05s06.html#idp5644304
Is this how we should specify the vertical datum in CF, using VERT_DATUM in WKT?
Thanks,
Rich
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Dr. Richard P. Signell (508) 457-2229
USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
Received on Tue Feb 04 2014 - 04:47:49 GMT
