Thanks so much!
Ajay
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 7:11 AM, Rosalyn Hatcher
<r.s.hatcher at reading.ac.uk>wrote:
> Hi Ajay,
>
> Variables of character type are treated as dimensionless and the units
> attribute is only mandatory for dimensional quantities.
> So no it is not necessary for station_name to have units associated with
> it.
>
> Regards,
> Ros.
>
>
> On 15/05/14 16:16, Ajay Krishnan - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
>
> Hi Rosalyn,
>
> Thanks for the clarification. That leads me to another question though,
> if the *station_name *is defined as an aux co-ordinate, is it mandatory
> to have associated units with it?
> Can the units for the *station_name *variable be left blank? Is the *station_name
> *variable supposed to be monotonic?
>
> Thanks,
> Ajay
>
>
> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:22 AM, Rosalyn Hatcher <
> r.s.hatcher at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ajay,
>>
>> In your netcdf file is *station_name* identified as an aux coordinate
>> variable by listing it in the *coordinates* attribute?
>>
>> There is a mistake in the H2 example (and others) where *station_name*should be identified as a aux coord var on the
>> *coordinates* attribute for humidity
>>
>> I raised this and other defects in ticket 103 -
>> http://kitt.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/103
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Regards,
>> Ros.
>>
>> On 08/05/14 21:38, Ajay Krishnan - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Can anybody tell me the correct usage of the *cf_role* attribute?
>>
>> From my gathering, the *cf_role* attribute should only be attached to a
>> coordinated variable (See appendix A<http://cfconventions.org/1.6.html#attribute-appendix>
>> ).
>>
>> But in the CF conventions document Example H.2., the *cf_role* is being
>> attached to the *station_name* variable.
>>
>> When we do this, the CF compliance checker gives out an INFO message
>> stating that the *cf_role *attribute is being used in a non-standard way.
>>
>> Any inputs?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ajay
>>
>>
>>
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>> Rosalyn Hatcher
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>>
>>
>
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> Rosalyn Hatcher
> NCAS Computational Modelling Services
> Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading,
> Earley Gate, Reading. RG6 6BB
> Email: r.s.hatcher at reading.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 118 378 5429
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