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#107: CF Data Model 1.7
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  Reporter:  markh           |       Owner:  [email protected]
      Type:  task            |      Status:  new                          
  Priority:  medium          |   Milestone:                               
 Component:  cf-conventions  |     Version:                               
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Comment (by markh):

 Replying to [comment:31 biard]:
 > Mark,
 >
 > I may have missed a lot as I have followed this stream.  I don't see
 where the grid_mapping variable ever comes into play in relation to
 derived coordinates.
 >
 > Jim

 I am not sure about this either.

 The place where I thought it might be relevant is linked to the
 description of the [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-
 conventions/1.6/ch05s06.html grid_mapping attribute's aim]: `that the true
 latitude and longitude coordinates be supplied`.

 This requirement can be delivered in some situations by a pair of derived
 coordinates linked to the coordinate variables of the data.  This isn't so
 helpful for NetCDF files but could be useful in the more general
 description.

 I think it would be plausible to remove all mention of grid_mapping from a
 derived coordinate description; perhaps it would be clearer, my
 explanation of this case seems a little contrived to me now.

 thank you
 mark

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