Dear Rich, Bob
Rich asked
> What is the difference that makes example CF H.4 okay, but not Bob's example?
That's a good question. You're right, I think example H4 has the same
problem! I didn't read it carefully enough - sorry. The station_name:cf_role
attribute in H4 says it's a station ID, but there's no association with the
data variable. If you had more than one data variable in the file, as in Bob's
example as he gave it originally, you couldn't tell which one it belonged to,
so it can't be used as identification. In examples H6 and H7, however, where
there are several timeseries, there is an instance (station) dimension, and the
timeseries_id variable is station_name(station, name_strlen). So here's it's
clear that the station_name belongs to the stations, and you can infer that
it's an array of strings, not a 2D character array.
Therefore I think H4 and H5 are defective.
In Bob's example, he has several data variables (five, I think) each of size
996, and a variable
char timeseries(timeseries=10);
:cf_role = "timeseries_id";
:long_name = "timeseries";
I don't know what this refers to - that's my problem. Does it belong to any
of the data variables? The dimension timeseries is not otherwise used.
Best wishes
Jonathan
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 02:41:49PM -0500, Signell, Richard wrote:
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:41:49 -0500
> From: "Signell, Richard" <rsignell at usgs.gov>
> To: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Pre-proposal for "charset"
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Jonathan Gregory
> <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Dear Bob
> >
> > That's right, there doesn't have to be an instance dimension. The problem with
> > the file is that the variable you're concerned with (timeseries) isn't linked
> > to any of the other variables, so its purpose is not clear.
> >
>
> Jonathan,
>
>
>
> #1 CF Example H.4
> http://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/v1.6.0/cf-conventions.html#example-h.4
>
> dimensions:
> time = 100233 ;
> name_strlen = 23 ;
>
> variables:
> float lon ;
> lon:standard_name = "longitude";
> lon:long_name = "station longitude";
> lon:units = "degrees_east";
> float lat ;
> lat:standard_name = "latitude";
> lat:long_name = "station latitude" ;
> lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
> float alt ;
> alt:long_name = "vertical distance above the surface" ;
> alt:standard_name = "height" ;
> alt:units = "m";
> alt:positive = "up";
> alt:axis = "Z";
> char station_name(name_strlen) ;
> station_name:long_name = "station name" ;
> station_name:cf_role = "timeseries_id";
>
> double time(time) ;
> time:standard_name = "time";
> time:long_name = "time of measurement" ;
> time:units = "days since 1970-01-01 00:00:00" ;
> time:missing_value = -999.9;
> float humidity(time) ;
> humidity:standard_name = ?specific_humidity? ;
> humidity:coordinates = "time lat lon alt" ;
> humidity:_FillValue = -999.9;
> float temp(time) ;
> temp:standard_name = ?air_temperature? ;
> temp:units = "Celsius" ;
> temp:coordinates = "time lat lon alt" ;
> temp:_FillValue = -999.9;
>
> attributes:
> :featureType = "timeSeries";
>
>
> #2 Bob's example:
>
> netcdf summary_allTB2007.nc {
> dimensions:
> timeseries = 10;
> time = 996;
> variables:
> char timeseries(timeseries=10);
> :cf_role = "timeseries_id";
> :long_name = "timeseries";
>
> double time(time=996);
> :units = "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
> :standard_name = "time";
> :long_name = "time";
> :calendar = "gregorian";
> :axis = "T";
>
> double latitude;
> :valid_min = -90.0; // double
> :valid_max = 90.0; // double
> :axis = "Y";
> :long_name = "latitude";
> :standard_name = "latitude";
> :units = "degrees_north";
>
> double longitude;
> :valid_min = -180.0; // double
> :valid_max = 180.0; // double
> :axis = "X";
> :long_name = "longitude";
> :standard_name = "longitude";
> :units = "degrees_east";
>
> double depth;
> :positive = "down";
> :axis = "Z";
> :valid_min = 0.0; // double
> :valid_max = 10971.0; // double
> :long_name = "depth";
> :standard_name = "depth";
> :units = "m";
>
> char platform;
> :long_name = "MVCO ASIT";
>
> char instrument;
> :long_name = "Imaging FlowCytobot";
>
> double crs;
> :grid_mapping_name = "latitude_longitude";
> :longitude_of_prime_meridian = 0.0; // double
> :semi_major_axis = 6378137.0; // double
> :inverse_flattening = 298.257223563; // double
> :epsg_code = "EPSG:4326";
>
> double Phaeocystis(time=996);
> :_FillValue = -9999.9; // double
> :long_name = "Phaeocystis";
> :standard_name = "Phaeocystis";
> :units = "1";
> :coordinates = "time depth latitude longitude";
> :grid_mapping = "crs";
> :platform = "platform";
> :instrument = "instrument";
>
> // global attributes:
> :featureType = "timeSeries";
> :cdm_data_type = "TimeSeries";
> :Conventions = "CF-1.6";
> :summary = "Phytoplankton concentration by class derived from images
> collected by Imaging FlowCytobot\n";
> :institution = "WHOI";
> :title = "Phytoplankton concentration by class";
> }
>
> --
> Dr. Richard P. Signell (508) 457-2229
> USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
> Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
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