[CF-metadata] Using the same time grid but different cell averaging periods

From: Antonio S. Cofiño <antonio.cofino>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 03:24:38 +0000

Ken,

You need 2 different time axis for the 2 different kind of average periods.


dimensions: time = UNLIMITED; // (1440 currently) nv = 2; variables:
float temperature(time); temperature:long_name = "Atmospheric
temperature"; temperature:units = "degC"; temperature:cell_methods =
"time1: mean"; temperature:coordinates = "time1"; float pressure(time);
pressure:long_name = "Atmospheric pressure over preceding 5 minutes";
pressure:units = "hPa"; pressure:cell_methods = "time2: mean?;
pressure:coordinates = "time2"; double time1(time); time:long_name =
"time"; time:units = ?minutes since 1998-04-19 06:00:00 0:00";
time:bounds = "time_bnds1"; double time_bnds1(time,nv); double
time2(time); time:long_name = "time"; time:units = ?minutes since
1998-04-19 06:00:00 0:00"; time:bounds = "time_bnds2"; double
time_bnds2(time,nv); data: time1 = 0., 1., 2., 3., 4. ...; time2 = 0.,
1., 2., 3., 4. ...; time_bnds1 = -1,0, 0,1, 1,2, 2,3, 3,4 ...;
time_bnds2 = -5,0, -4,1, -3,2, -2,3, -1,4 ...;

Also "coordinates" attribute is important to indicate which axis is the
one associated to the time dimension.

Regards

Antonio

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Dep. of Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Universidad de Cantabria (Spain)
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National Centre for Atmospheric Science
Department of Meteorology
School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences
University of Reading (UK)
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On 25/02/17 00:02, Kehoe, Kenneth E. wrote:
> CF metadata,
>
> I?m currently working on a dataset that has a suite of variables with 
> two different averaging periods. Going through the archives I can?t 
> find any discussions of this type. For example one variable measures 
> average temperature each minute while a second variable measures 
> average pressure over the preceding 5 minutes (essentially a running 
> box car mean with overlapping samples.) The time step is the same for 
> both variables. Is there a way to list two different time bounds 
> variables associated with the same time step?
>
> I was thinking of something like this:
>
> dimensions: time = UNLIMITED; // (1440 currently) nv = 2; variables: 
> float temperature(time); temperature:long_name = ?Atmospheric 
> temperature"; temperature:units = ?degC"; temperature:cell_methods = 
> "time: mean"; float pressure(time); pressure:long_name = ?Atmospheric 
> pressure over preceding 5 minutes"; pressure:units = ?hPa"; 
> pressure:cell_methods = "time: mean?; pressure:bounds = "time_bnds2"; 
> double time(time); time:long_name = "time"; time:units = ?minutes 
> since 1998-04-19 06:00:00 0:00"; time:bounds = "time_bnds1"; double 
> time_bnds1(time,nv); double time_bnds2(time,nv); data: time = 0., 1., 
> 2., 3., 4. ...; time_bnds1 = -1,0, 0,1, 1,2, 2,3, 3,4 ...; time_bnds2 
> = -5,0, -4,1, -3,2, -2,3, -1,4 ...;
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
>
> /Kenneth E. Kehoe/
> /  Research Associate - University of Oklahoma/
> /  Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies/
> /  ARM Climate Research Facility Data Quality Office/
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>
>
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