Dear Jonathan, David, Jon,
I would be in favour to changing the sum cell method to something else, as it took me a while to grasp that "sum" is the opposite of "point". But having a cell_method specifying "cell" as the method could very well be as confusing. But how about "cell_total" (to close to "accumulation"?), "cell_extent", "all_cell", "areal_extent" or similar, possibly without underscore?
Perhaps it would be better to continue this conversation in a new thread, under a better topic header?
Kind regards,
Lars
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Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Recording "day of year on which something happens"
Dear David and Jon
"accumulation" is certainly extensive, but I think it is rather specific - this method might not be an accumulation, which is a sort of integral. But I agree that it should be a noun. It's being opposed to the "point" method. What about "cell" or "extent"?
Best wishes
Jonathan
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> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 21:14:20 +0100
> From: David Hassell <david.hassell at ncas.ac.uk>
> To: Jon Blower <j.d.blower at reading.ac.uk>
> CC: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk>, "cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu"
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> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Recording "day of year on which something happens"
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm happy with the terms and definitions in appendix E as they stand,
> but if there were to be a synonym, I think that it should be a noun
> like all of the others. That would rule out "extensive" - what about "accumulation"?
>
> All the best,
>
> David
>
> On 31 March 2017 at 14:15, Jon Blower <j.d.blower at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > Dear Jonathan,
> >
> > Thanks for this. I do find it a bit confusing but I guess we have to
> > weigh up the impact of the possible confusion with that of
> > introducing a new term. And if the term is to be taken as an exact
> > synonym of ?sum? (in the CF context) then perhaps it only has
> > cosmetic value (assuming that ?sum? is currently defined in such a way that it does the job we need).
> >
> > What would people think if we introduced a cell_method of
> > ?extensive? to mean a quantity that applies over the extent of the cell?
> >
> > Best wishes,Jon
> >
> > On 24/03/2017 16:54, "Jonathan Gregory" <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Jon et al.
> >
> > Just on the point of the cell_method of "sum". I understand that
> > this could be
> > misleading. The two default methods are point for intensive
> > quantities and sum
> > for extensive quantities. It doesn't literally mean it's a sum
> > necessarily, but
> > that it applies to the entire extent of the grid cell rather
> > than a point
> > within it. If this is unbearably confusing, perhaps we should
> > introduce a new
> > synonym for this cell_method.
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
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