On Sep 11, 2014, at 09:39, Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear Dan
>
> The surface type can be described by using a coordinate or scalar coordinate
> variable with a standard_name of area_type. You may need to request new
> area types. This is a controlled CF vocabulary, like the standard names.
> I can only find the area type table in XML on the new CF website. It used
> to be in HTML as well. It is at
> http://cf-convention.github.io/Data/cf-standard-names/27/src/area-type-table.xml >
> Best wishes
>
> Jonathan
>