Maybe instead of ' radar_quality_index' NCEI could use a more general
approach; an ancillary variable of radar_qc, and then a standard attribute
that describes how the? QC variable is calculated.
As far as I know there's no way, currently,? to provide such a
description in
a way that would be clear to data users, but this approach would avoid a
proliferation of quality_index standard names.
I don't know about different radar systems, but a very similar concept
could be
applied to ADCP data, perhaps by combining echo amplitude and percent good
to get a more 'complete' QC variable. We don't routinely do that, but it
might be
useful, if we had a standard way to document the meaning of the
resulting QC
value and the way it was calculated.
Cheers - Nan
On 10/5/17 1:00 PM, Jim Biard wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> There needs to be a full definition of the quantity that is more
> precise than the sentence below. Keep in mind that not every quantity
> needs a standard name. I have one question in particular. Is this a
> quantity that is comparable across different radars?
>
> Grace and peace,
>
> Jim
>
>
> On 10/5/17 12:21 PM, Heather Brown - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> Are there any opinion and/or thoughts to adding this standard name?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> H
>>
>> Heather Brown
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Brian Nelson - NOAA Federal
>> <brian.nelson at noaa.gov <mailto:brian.nelson at noaa.gov>> wrote:
>>
>> I would like to request a standard name for a variable that
>> defines the quality of a ground based radar based on the combined
>> measure of beam blockage and the effects of vertical profile of
>> reflectivity.
>>
>> There is no such standard name available nor does an existing one
>> meet the requirements.
>>
>> The name should be:? radar_quality_index
>> Units : dimensionless (1)
>>
>> Thanks
>> Brian
>>
>>
>>
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