To clarify Brian is looking to use the name below. *New Name*: radar_quality_index_from_beam_blockage_and_vpr Per the first email *Description*: the quality of a ground-based radar based on the combined measure of beam blockage and the effects of a vertical profile of reflectivity. *Unit*: 1 (dimensionless)
This particular file doesn't have the ability to be an ancillary variable due to being the only variable that is not a coordinate variable. Ideally, we would have this setup to make it clearer to users and might happen in the future. At this time this is common practice for this variable to be in a stand-alone file There are other "index" standard names. Do you need more information to understand if it can be comparable across different radars/data sources? Brian, maybe you can elaborate on the standard practice of this index and how other radars/data sources can compare the same information. Hope this helps. Heather Brown Meteorological Archive Specialist - ERT - Federal Government Contractor NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) 151 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801-5001 USA heather.br...@noaa.gov Voice: +1 828-271-4863 Fax: +1 828-271-4328 The newly formed NCEI merges the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). *Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NOAANationalClimaticDataCenter <http://www.facebook.com/NOAANationalClimaticDataCenter> Twitter: @NOAANCDC @NOAAOceanData* On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Brian Nelson - NOAA Federal < brian.nel...@noaa.gov> wrote: > radar_quality_index_from_beam_blockage_and_vpr > will work as suggested by mike dixon > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Heather Brown - NOAA Affiliate < > heather.br...@noaa.gov> wrote: > >> I defer to Brian Nelson to answer the variable intent and creation. >> I do know this is for creating and improving a Climate Data Record >> dataset. >> >> >> Heather Brown >> Meteorological Archive Specialist - ERT - Federal Government Contractor >> NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) >> 151 Patton Ave. >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=151+Patton+Ave.+Asheville,+NC+28801&entry=gmail&source=g> >> Asheville, NC 28801 >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=151+Patton+Ave.+Asheville,+NC+28801&entry=gmail&source=g>-5001 >> USA >> heather.br...@noaa.gov >> Voice: +1 828-271-4863 Fax: +1 828-271-4328 >> >> The newly formed NCEI merges the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), >> the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and the National >> Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). >> >> *Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NOAANationalClimaticDataCenter >> <http://www.facebook.com/NOAANationalClimaticDataCenter> Twitter: @NOAANCDC >> @NOAAOceanData* >> >> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Nan Galbraith <ngalbra...@whoi.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> 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.nel...@noaa.gov <mailto:brian.nel...@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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> ******************************************************* >>> * Nan Galbraith Information Systems Specialist * >>> * Upper Ocean Processes Group Mail Stop 29 * >>> * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution * >>> * Woods Hole, MA 02543 (508) 289-2444 * >>> ******************************************************* >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CF-metadata mailing list >>> CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu >>> http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata >>> >> >> >
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