[CF-metadata] Weighted means and cell_methods in the CMIP6 data request

From: Charlie Zender <zender>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 08:31:41 -0800

Hi Martin,

Your overall proposal to encode the weighting
variable in the metadata is reasonable.
You point out that what I'll call the mask (if any)
can already be specified with the "where" clause
(e.g., "time: mean where sea_ice").
I think mask and weight are equally important, and,
therefore, that weight should be encoded similarly
to mask.

This leads to something like
"time: mean where sea_ice weighted-by snw"
which appears as your implementation option (3).
So I favor that one.

Best,
c

-- 
Charlie Zender, Earth System Sci. & Computer Sci.
University of California, Irvine 949-891-2429 )'(

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