Hi Mark,
One example I know of:
area_type is a string type variable with standard values taken from:
http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/27/src/area-type-table.xml
This was used in CMIP5. The units in the standard name table are given
as "1".
best regards,
Karl
On 10/3/14, 3:59 AM, Hedley, Mark wrote:
> Hello CF
>
> I understand that netCDF coordinate variables have to be strictly
> monotonic, and no-one wants to define what this means for the general
> case of strings; that is fine.
>
> But I believe that I can create a CF auxiliary coordinate with string
> values without any concern.
>
> I am interested in whether there are cases in the standard names table
> which explicitly state that a certain standard name should have string
> values?
>
> How might this be stated?
>
> Do we have a canonical unit of 'no_unit' available?
>
> thank you
> mark
>
>
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