Re: [CF-metadata] Convention attribute

2011-12-22 Thread Benno Blumenthal
-271-4900 __**_ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/**mailman/listinfo/cf-metadatahttp://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu

Re: [CF-metadata] generalizing forecast_reference_time and forecast_period

2011-05-18 Thread Benno Blumenthal
and leadtime, but that is irrelevant, it is explicitly in the file. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Karl Taylor taylo...@llnl.gov wrote: I wonder what the units for time (=reftime+leadtime) would be, since reftime is different for each trajectory? Karl On 5/17/11 1:24 PM, Benno Blumenthal wrote

[CF-metadata] generalizing forecast_reference_time and forecast_period

2011-05-17 Thread Benno Blumenthal
coordinates, e.g. independent variables, while forecast is a property of the dependent variables, i.e. how they were computed. Do we need more general names? Am I taking the current names too literally? -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal          be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute

Re: [CF-metadata] generalizing forecast_reference_time and forecast_period

2011-05-17 Thread Benno Blumenthal
...@noaa.gov ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute for climate and society The Earth

Re: [CF-metadata] generalizing forecast_reference_time and forecast_period

2011-05-17 Thread Benno Blumenthal
; z:units = km ; z:positive = up ; Note the possible standard_names (I think, suggested by others). Best regards, Karl On 5/17/11 8:46 AM, Benno Blumenthal wrote: CF has standard names forecast_reference_time, forecast_period and time which are interrelated in a particular way. I

Re: [CF-metadata] physical vs dimensional units

2011-04-02 Thread Benno Blumenthal
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Re: [CF-metadata] udunits time unit question

2011-03-30 Thread Benno Blumenthal
-mails ignored it, making the conversation hard to understand. I'll not participate in this conversation again, Benno *From:* cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu [mailto: cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] *On Behalf Of *Benno Blumenthal *Sent:* 29 March 2011 20:25 *To:* Christopher Barker *Cc

Re: [CF-metadata] udunits handling of fuzzy time units

2011-03-22 Thread Benno Blumenthal
or an interval of calendar time doesnt matter so much as the fact that its not a dimensional unit. à votre santé! John ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Dr. M. Benno

Re: [CF-metadata] udunits handling of fuzzy time units

2011-03-18 Thread Benno Blumenthal
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Re: [CF-metadata] udunits handling of fuzzy time units

2011-03-16 Thread Benno Blumenthal
and time representations, but in the order from the least to // the most significant. For example, 2004-05 is a valid ISO 8601 date, // which indicates May (the fifth month) 2004.// / Udunits should really treat the reference date this way. Nan // -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal

Re: [CF-metadata] udunits handling of fuzzy time units

2011-03-16 Thread Benno Blumenthal
the fundementals -- the discussion so far would invalidate a lot of our current data files for no particular reason. Benno -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute for climate and society The Earth Institute at Columbia University Lamont Campus, Palisades NY

Re: [CF-metadata] udunits handling of fuzzy time units

2011-03-15 Thread Benno Blumenthal
should not be used. And sooner-or-later we are going to get into trouble for saving climatologies without the target period, anyway (1981-2010 anyone?). *From:* bennoblument...@gmail.com [mailto:bennoblument...@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Benno Blumenthal *Sent:* 15 March 2011 15:20

Re: [CF-metadata] staggered data

2011-01-24 Thread Benno Blumenthal
in advance. Best, --Alex ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute for climate

Re: [CF-metadata] Web reference to a standard name?

2010-12-20 Thread Benno Blumenthal
: http://marinemetadata.org ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute for climate

Re: [CF-metadata] Web reference to a standard name?

2010-12-15 Thread Benno Blumenthal
:* cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu [mailto:cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] *On Behalf Of *John Graybeal *Sent:* 13 December 2010 22:28 *To:* Benno Blumenthal *Cc:* cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu *Subject:* Re: [CF-metadata] Web reference to a standard name? A minor clarification

Re: [CF-metadata] Web reference to a standard name?

2010-12-13 Thread Benno Blumenthal
-- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute for climate and society The Earth Institute at Columbia University Lamont Campus, Palisades NY 10964-8000 (845) 680-4450 ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata

Re: [CF-metadata] Web reference to a standard name?

2010-12-13 Thread Benno Blumenthal
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:27 PM, John Graybeal jbgrayb...@mindspring.comwrote: A minor clarification as to how MMI is doing things: Benno, all, On Dec 13, 2010, at 07:25, Benno Blumenthal wrote: We have tried to get standard URIs for CF concepts, but the effort bogged down

Re: [CF-metadata] potential temperature

2010-12-13 Thread Benno Blumenthal
...@cgd.ucar.eduhttp://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 -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu

Re: [CF-metadata] time as ISO strings

2010-11-01 Thread Benno Blumenthal
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Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings)

2010-10-22 Thread Benno Blumenthal
Message- From: Lowry, Roy K [mailto:r...@bodc.ac.uk] Sent: 22 October 2010 09:06 To: Jon Blower; Benno Blumenthal Cc: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: RE: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (timeas ISO strings) Hi Jon, Full ISO8601 does carry time zone expressed

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard names for satellite obs data (time as ISO strings)

2010-10-21 Thread Benno Blumenthal
not be such a practical issue with ISO 8601 strings, as a reasonable max. length can be determined, I presume.) ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal

Re: [CF-metadata] proposed change to CF calendar

2010-10-15 Thread Benno Blumenthal
, please feel free to contact me. thanks, tony.. ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal          be...@iri.columbia.edu International

Re: [CF-metadata] standard_name for coordinate variable corresponding to complex parts (real and imaginary)

2010-06-25 Thread Benno Blumenthal
ssta(Y, X, F, C) ; ssta:long_name = Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly ; The conversation then got rapidly more complicated. -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute for climate and society The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Re: [CF-metadata] standard_name for coordinate variable corresponding to complex parts (real and imaginary)

2010-06-16 Thread Benno Blumenthal
|imaginary_part_of_fourier_transform_of_air_pressure_wrt_time I'd suggest. I hope I have understood now, but maybe not! Best wishes Jonathan -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute for climate and society The Earth Institute at Columbia University Lamont Campus, Palisades NY 10964-8000

Re: [CF-metadata] standard_name for coordinate variable corresponding to complex parts (real and imaginary)

2010-06-14 Thread Benno Blumenthal
j.m.greg...@reading.ac.uk wrote: Dear Benno In a standard name, more information is needed, to identify the quantity whose real and imaginary parts you want to name. Best wishes Jonathan -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute

Re: [CF-metadata] standard_name for coordinate variable corresponding to complex parts (real and imaginary)

2010-06-14 Thread Benno Blumenthal
or imaginary in the standard name. The standard name would then be not air_pressure but something like  real|imaginary_part_of_fourier_transform_of_air_pressure_wrt_time I'd suggest. I hope I have understood now, but maybe not! Best wishes Jonathan -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal

[CF-metadata] standard_name for coordinate variable corresponding to complex parts (real and imaginary)

2010-06-11 Thread Benno Blumenthal
it with a standard_name as well. Perhaps complex or complex_parts? Benno -- Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal be...@iri.columbia.edu International Research Institute for climate and society The Earth Institute at Columbia University Lamont Campus, Palisades NY 10964-8000 (845) 680-4450

Re: [CF-metadata] CF standard names for chemical constituents and aerosols (resulting from a GRIB2 p

2008-10-21 Thread Benno Blumenthal
variable name). Seemingly a minor distinction, but it allows a clean mapping into an object-oriented framework for information in netcdf files. LIke RDF, or Java Beans, or ... Benno On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Benno Blumenthal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, This is heading directly