Yes I do need a standard name for the height because, from what I understand, all NOAA climate data records need a standard name. We produce height, pressure, and air temperature at this cloud radiative center level. One cannot easily translate between height and pressure without ancillary information, so we felt it is important to include both parameters. In addition, specific users (i.e. aviation) may work in height space whereas others may use pressure. height_of_the_cloud_radiative_center would definitely be acceptable.
========================================================= Kristopher Bedka Senior Research Scientist Science Systems & Applications, Inc. @ NASA Langley Research Center Climate Science Branch 1 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 200 Hampton, VA 23666 Primary Office Phone: (757) 864-5798 Secondary Office Phone: (757) 951-1920 Fax: (757) 951-1902 kristopher.m.be...@nasa.gov ========================================================= From: Jim Biard <jbi...@cicsnc.org<mailto:jbi...@cicsnc.org>> Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:42 PM To: "cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu<mailto:cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu>" <cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu<mailto:cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu>> Cc: "Bedka, Kristopher M. (LARC-E302)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC]" <kristopher.m.be...@nasa.gov<mailto:kristopher.m.be...@nasa.gov>> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name requests Hi. Do you need a standard name for the height? Is this considered a scientific quantity in itself, or is it simply the vertical coordinate for the other two quantities? If it is a scientific quantity in its own right, then I’d suggest cloud_radiative_center_height or height_of_the_cloud_radiative_center. The name you proposed is somewhat confusing, as the wording does not clearly identify the height as being the height of the cloud radiative center. Grace and peace, Jim [CICS-NC]<http://www.cicsnc.org/>Visit us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/cicsnc> Jim Biard Research Scholar Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites NC<http://cicsnc.org/> North Carolina State University<http://ncsu.edu/> NOAA's National Climatic Data Center<http://ncdc.noaa.gov/> 151 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 e: jbi...@cicsnc.org<mailto:jbi...@cicsnc.org> o: +1 828 271 4900 On Feb 11, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Bedka, Kristopher M. (LARC-E302)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, INC] <kristopher.m.be...@nasa.gov<mailto:kristopher.m.be...@nasa.gov>> wrote: height_at the_cloud_radiative_center
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