I agree with Bruno -- platform angle as it is defined in the request is the angle of the _platform_ with respect to a reference direction ("the horizontal angle between the line of sight from the observation point to the platform and a reference direction at the observation point, which is often due north"). The seems like platform orientation to me too.
I wasn't excited about the name platform_azimuth_angle anyway, because it is ambiguous on this exact point -- is it the azimuth angle of the platform, or of the instrument on the platform? (the former, in this case). Platform_orientation seems to be the accepted name for the purpose. The definition is very weak though -- can we propose the substitution of this definition for that one? John On Jan 14, 2013, at 09:17, Bruno PIGUET wrote: > Le 14/01/2013 17:21, Aleksandar Jelenak - NOAA Affiliate a écrit : >> Dear Bruno, >> >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Bruno PIGUET <bruno.pig...@meteo.fr> wrote: >>> I have one remark about "platform_azimuth_angle" >>> >>> I like this name and it correspond to usual navigation definition (as >>> far as I can tell from my experience with airborne and shipborne >>> measurements), but... >>> >>> There is already a standard name called "platform_orientation", whose >>> definition seems to be the same, even if less precisely-worded : The >>> platform orientation is the direction in which the "front" or >>> longitudinal axis of the platform is pointing (not necessarily the same >>> as the direction in which it is travelling, called platform_course). >> >> platform_orientation is not the same as platform_azimuth_angle. This >> azimuth angle is related to measurements made by an instrument mounted >> on a platform (satellite, ship, airplane, truck, etc.). > > Sorry for looking dumb, but I don't see the difference (except that > "platform_orientation" is not precisely defined). > > I'm currently producing CF files containing airborne measurements, > and the parameter which is usually called "heading", which is in fact > exactly defined as "platform_azimuth_angle", is qualified with > "standard_name = platform orientation". > > Bruno. > -- > bruno.pig...@meteo.fr > Équipe GMEI/TRAMM > CNRM-GAME : UMR Meteo-France/CNRS n°3589 > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > ---------------- John Graybeal <mailto:jgrayb...@ucsd.edu> phone: 858-534-2162 Product Manager Ocean Observatories Initiative Cyberinfrastructure Project: http://ci.oceanobservatories.org Marine Metadata Interoperability Project: http://marinemetadata.org _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata