Hi Reyna,
Yes, this is in scope for CF.
There is a standard name height_above_sea_floor (no definition, canonical units meters) which has the meaning you need, if you use a negative number for the distance your data is below the sea floor.
If this is not ideal, possibly we could add depth_below_sea_floor (which is where *I* would look for such data) to the standard names list. So I sort of hope you ask for that new name. ;-)
I will take advantage of your query to propose a definition for height_above_sea_floor, to wit: "Height_above_sea_floor is the vertical distance above the surface of the seabed. Negative values indicate locations below the seabed."
John
On Aug 12, 2014, at 16:35, Reyna Jenkyns <reyna at uvic.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
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> Although most of our data is in the water column, we are also serving data from beneath the seafloor in boreholes from the IODP program. Is there a way in the vertical dimension to reflect the combination of seafloor depth and the meters below seafloor that a sensor is positioned? Or is this sort of data outside the scope of the CF convention? We have data like temperature, pressure and resistivity inside boreholes.
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> Any recommendations for representation that information would be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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