Sorry, I don't understand why you simply label your datasets
calendar: proleptic_gregorian
if they go before 1582, and support gregorian with the restriction
that the values correspond
to post 1582. Much better than changing the calendar attribute
standard (again!), and messing up existing code
Tony et. al.,
I support Benno's approach. This is an argument that goes back a very
long time (probably 20+ years!). I have always taken the same position
that you have -- namely that the proleptic Gregorian calendar is the
common sense one to use for scientific (though not social science)
Hi Chris (neighbor!),
From a technical perspective I think (although without detailed
investigation) that your particular slant on the particle tracking can
fit into standard CF 1.4 "5.5. Trajectories". There is no prohibition
in CF about defining other special axes -- such as a num_particl
