Hi Randy, The practice recommended for SeaDataNet is to specify a fill value for the flag that is defined in the flag convention as 'missing value'. I always feel more comfortable with explicit semantics.
Cheers, Roy. ________________________________________ From: CF-metadata [cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Randy Horne [rho...@excaliburlabs.com] Sent: 23 August 2012 19:37 To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Cc: aschu...@harris.com; rhorn...@harris.com; ekenn...@aer.com Subject: [CF-metadata] Quality flag values for missing data What is the “generally accepted” approach for how a specific quality flag value should be assigned for a corresponding data value (in the corresponding data variable) that has a _FillValue ? Is it sufficient that, because the data variable value is _FillValue, the corresponding quality flag value can be undefined ? ..............End of Message ...............................--> _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata-- This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
