That would work for me ========================================================= 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 =========================================================
-----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.greg...@reading.ac.uk> Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 12:53 PM To: "cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu" <cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu> Subject: [CF-metadata] standard name request for a satellite pixel-level cloud mask Dear Kris cloud_binary_mask would be exactly the right standard name, I think, as Jim suggests. Cheers Jonathan > We are detecting cloudy and clear sky pixels using a combination passive >infrared and visible satellite imagery. The community typically calls >this product a "cloud mask", i.e. byte value 0=clear sky pixel, 1=cloudy >pixel. I am reviewing the CF Standard Name table and I see no name that >would correspond to this type of product. I see the name >"cloud_area_fraction", but the concept of "fraction" would imply that one >considers several pixels in a region and computes the ratio of cloudy >pixels relative to the total number of pixels in the region. This is >not being done with our processing. I'd recommend something like >"cloudy_satellite_pixel_detection", but am open to other suggestions _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
