Re: [CF-metadata] New CF Standard Name (antenna_temperature)

2011-05-02 Thread Ken Roberts
John, We could not find any well-cited or commonly known circumstances in a related field (to remote sensing) where the antenna temperature can mean "the temperature of the antenna itself." Maybe you could suggest a case where antenna temperature has such a meaning in terms of measurements so we c

Re: [CF-metadata] New CF Standard Name (antenna_temperature)

2011-05-02 Thread John Graybeal
You're right, I can't argue that 'antenna temperature' is widely used in another way. Though by limiting your field to remote sensing, you are excluding some heavy in situ users of CF, the ocean communities. In ocean systems I've seen many a 'component_temperature' pattern, from can_temperatur

Re: [CF-metadata] New CF Standard Name (antenna_temperature)

2011-05-02 Thread Cameron-smith, Philip
Hi John, I think this was an issue worth raising. There certainly seems to be the potential for ambiguity. I just searched the CF archive to find any approved examples of either physical_quantity_by_instrument or physical_state_of_instrument. I had thought there were cases of the former for