Re: [CF-metadata] new variable name request

2019-09-12 Thread Nan Galbraith
> >>> > >>> I have a new variable request; bottom temperature. It is the temperature of the ocean floor (or the last level of a multi level ocean dataset). I searched and was unable to find it or a variable with "bottom" or synomyn as a level. I welcome being pointed

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard_name of quality_flag for corresponding quality control variables

2019-09-05 Thread Nan Galbraith
ype. Since there is no other way to define a purely quality control variable, the use of "status_flag" is too general for strictly quality control variables. By having a method to define a variable as strictly quality control the results of quality control tests can be applied to the

Re: [CF-metadata] Two [simple] questions

2019-01-24 Thread Nan Galbraith
/mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution* * W

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-10-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
on.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory R25, 2.22 Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- ***

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-09-20 Thread Nan Galbraith
ses like the ones currently under discussion, and therefore we should change the schema. Do others agree with this approach, or does anyone have a better idea? Best wishes, Alison -- Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 NCAS/Centre for Environmental Data Archiva

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-09-12 Thread Nan Galbraith
resist it. Saw a nice definition for port  - 'The side of a platform that is on the left when one is facing forward.' Cheers, Roy. I have now retired but will continue to be active through an Emeritus Fellowship using this e-mail address. ---

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-09-12 Thread Nan Galbraith
side of a platform that is on the left when one is facing forward.' Cheers, Roy. I have now retired but will continue to be active through an Emeritus Fellowship using this e-mail address. ---- *From:* CF-me

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-09-11 Thread Nan Galbraith
tude-upward is a right-handed coordinate system. I suppose this is the yaw rotation - but is that the opposite sign from yours? Best wishes Jonathan On 9/3/18 12:51 PM, Jonathan Gregory wrote: Dear Roy and Nan I agree that if there are existing names whose sign convention is undefined we c

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-09-02 Thread Nan Galbraith
I second Roy's suggestion; existing names have undefined directionality, and new names have explicit directions. This seems like the only way to move forward. If there's a difference of opinion on which direction should be in the new name, we can easily create a pair for each term. What would the

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-08-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
g the directionality for variables lacking the attribute. Grace and peace, Jim On 8/3/18 2:03 PM, Nan Galbraith wrote: Hi Roy - Yes,  I've been looking at that page quite a bit lately, and I think it backs up what I'm saying. If you are standing on that fuselage (may we never),

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave (pitch, roll)

2018-08-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
d by the instrument. FYI a very quick search of the data products we produce: * pitch with nose up positive: 6 * roll with right side down positive: 6 * yaw with clockwise positive: 1 * sway with toward left side positive: 1 * surge with toward bow positive: 1 * heave with up positive:

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-08-02 Thread Nan Galbraith
ot;pitch axis", is an imaginary line running horizontally across the platform and through its center of gravity. In pitch motion, the leading edge of the platform moves vertically upwards while the rear moves vertically downwards, and vice versa. The quantity with standard name platform_pitch_rate

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-07-30 Thread Nan Galbraith
g as heave now, it should still be heave in 20 years. Cheers - Nan On 7/30/18 1:39 PM, Kenneth Kehoe wrote: A less specific definition would allow the use now, and a more specific definition can be added later if needed. -- *** * Nan Galb

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-07-30 Thread Nan Galbraith
>>> Just so we can see a couple of examples of pulling all this >>> together, I've written out the full revised definitions of >>> platform platform_pitch_angle and platform_pitch_rate below. >>> >>> platform_pitch_angle (degree) 'Standard names for &

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-07-26 Thread Nan Galbraith
ch the "front" or longitudinal axis of the platform is pointing with high frequency variations (e.g. the effect of surface waves on a ship) removed. (This is not necessarily the same as the direction in which the platform is travelling, called platform_course).' On 7/26/18 9:34

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-07-26 Thread Nan Galbraith
ntity with standard name platform_pitch_rate is the change per unit time in the quantity with standard name platform_pitch_angle.' The roll and yaw definitions would be constructed similarly. The pitch/roll/yaw names are still under discussion. I'd welcome further comments on these. Best

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-07-10 Thread Nan Galbraith
lacement of a platform over a measurement time interval They leave out some detail but capture the relative nature of the quantities. (In my mind, the primary detail being left out is the 'net zero' nature of the quantities, which gets back to defining the 'moving-mean' sea l

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-06-01 Thread Nan Galbraith
definitions. I also agree with using the existing orientation Standard Names for ADCPs and that the 'platform' definition wording could make this clearer. However, such an enhancements should be submitted as

Re: [CF-metadata] Platform Heave

2018-05-25 Thread Nan Galbraith
lready use pitch roll and yaw for these instruments on surface moorings, and I hope (and assume) this is legal. Thanks - Nan Galbraith On 5/25/18 8:53 AM, Lowry, Roy K. wrote: Dear Steve, One of the reasons I was interested in your definitions was your perspective on the datum (i.e. ze

Re: [CF-metadata] wind stress names

2018-05-23 Thread Nan Galbraith
o including the word wind, *direction_of_surface_downward_stress*. (On a side note, I have no idea why there's a 'correction' variable - what can that mean?) As far as the Seadatanet terms, I know they exist, but I'm not sure what their relationship is to the CF vocabulary.

[CF-metadata] wind stress names

2018-05-16 Thread Nan Galbraith
ready there using different terms. Thanks - Nan Galbraith * This standard name seems related, but it has a definition that isn't clear to me at all: |wind_mixing_energy_flux_into_sea_water (||W m-2):| ||'Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with

Re: [CF-metadata] how to use ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_*

2018-05-04 Thread Nan Galbraith
>> >> and the scalar value swtd can be 0.5 degC, 1.0 degC, etc.     >> >> >>     >> >> >> In this case, I need standard names working with temperature,     >> >> >> sigma_theta and     >> >> >> sigma_t:     >> >> >>    

Re: [CF-metadata] Observation number

2017-11-01 Thread Nan Galbraith
Many thanks, Neill -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution* * Woods Hole, MA 02543

Re: [CF-metadata] request for standard name

2017-10-10 Thread Nan Galbraith
: dimensionless (1) Thanks Brian -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution* * Woods Hole

Re: [CF-metadata] Standard names for CF trac ticket #143

2017-05-24 Thread Nan Galbraith
and on existing names. I'd welcome comments to improve them. Best wishes, Alison -- Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Email: alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory R25, 2.22 Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX,

Re: [CF-metadata] Recording "day of year on which something happens"

2017-03-17 Thread Nan Galbraith
term to refer to day-in-year, but this doesn't seem to be a proper usage. >> >> Grace and peace, >> >> Jim >> >> On 3/16/17 3:36 PM, John Helly wrote: >>> Sorry to jump in here but isn't this just the Julian day? >&

Re: [CF-metadata] Recording "day of year on which something happens"

2017-03-16 Thread Nan Galbraith
le that represents the day of the year on which an event happened (integers from 0 to 366). This value is recorded every year for a number of years. I have a couple of questions about how best to do this: 1. What is the best standard name to use for the day of t

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard name for geostrophic ocean velocities

2017-03-07 Thread Nan Galbraith
thers (mostly period and direction) are still "under discussion" on the "CF proposal page". Any news on that topic? Regards, Elodie -- *** * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems

Re: [CF-metadata] Handling time when date is "missing"

2016-11-02 Thread Nan Galbraith
New electronics technicians setting up instruments, right? I don't really think this is a CF problem. You apparently can guess the date, it just wasn't recorded by the instrument (otherwise, I'm guessing, you wouldn't be thinking of using it in monthly stats). My solution is to generate a date

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard name for geostrophic ocean velocities

2016-10-04 Thread Nan Galbraith
ist CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- *** * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanograph

Re: [CF-metadata] Temporal nitpicks. Was: CF-metadata Digest, Vol 161, Issue 3

2016-09-20 Thread Nan Galbraith
01 requires two digits for the time pieces [1], so that >> should be: >> >> "days since 1990-1-1 00:00:00" >> >> >> The parser I use isn't picky about this, but maybe some are? >> >> BTW, as it's an example, we should probably throw

Re: [CF-metadata] radiosonde ascent rate?

2016-08-30 Thread Nan Galbraith
nde ascent rate? Should I request a new variable, "upward_platform_speed_wrt_ground"? Many thanks for any assistance. I never even knew about CF standard names until I started QC'ing data from our field program and trying to create good data files! Cheers, Leslie -- *****

Re: [CF-metadata] Waves

2016-06-22 Thread Nan Galbraith
ta Analysis Email: alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk <mailto:j.a.pamm...@rl.ac.uk> STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory R25, 2.22 Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. \ -- *** * Nan Galbraith(508) 289-2444 * * Upper Ocean

Re: [CF-metadata] Wave Direction, Energy and Steepness Sub-Proposal

2016-06-14 Thread Nan Galbraith
our requirement is urgent. ---- *From:* CF-metadata on behalf of Nan Galbraith *Sent:* 14 June 2016 16:26 *To:* cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu *Subject:* Re: [CF-metadata] Wave Direction, Energy and Steepness Sub-Proposal Th

Re: [CF-metadata] Wave Direction, Energy and Steepness Sub-Proposal

2016-06-14 Thread Nan Galbraith
Standard names plus five new Standard names. Based on the proposal of Elodie and Marta with further off-list discussion by Chris Barker, nan Galbraith and myself. Cheers, Roy. *Changes to Existing Standard Name Definitions* 1. *sea_surface_swell_wave_from_direction * */Current Defin

Re: [CF-metadata] Wave periods sub-proposal

2016-05-31 Thread Nan Galbraith
edu" CC: "m...@puertos.es" Subject: [CF-metadata] Wave periods sub-proposal Dear All, What follows is a modification of part of the proposal initially submitted by Elodie Fernandez following off-list work between Elodie, Marta, Chris Barker, Nan Galbraith and myself. It inc

Re: [CF-metadata] Waves

2016-05-11 Thread Nan Galbraith
o the wave height that would be recorded visually by a human observer during that observation period' in the significant wave height definition. -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes Group

Re: [CF-metadata] Waves

2016-05-11 Thread Nan Galbraith
7;s how it's actually measured/computed these days. -CHB -- *** * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Re: [CF-metadata] standard names for sediment trap data

2016-03-15 Thread Nan Galbraith
ux_of_particulate_inorganic_nitrogen_in_sea_water sinking_mass_flux_of_particulate_nitrogen_in_sea_water (with a canonical unit : kg m-2 s-1) There was only a remark from Roy who suggested to add "total" for total_carbon (=organic+inorganic in its definition) and total_nitrogen in name

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard_name: downward_air_velocity

2016-03-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
t measures a velocity component which isn't strictly vertical. We could give that a different name (i.e. component parallel to the instrument orientation, with again the need to indicate the sign convention somehow). Best wishes Jonathan - Forwarded message from Nan Galbraith - D

Re: [CF-metadata] New standard_name: downward_air_velocity

2016-03-01 Thread Nan Galbraith
ownward air velocity is the vertical component of the 3D air velocity vector. Thanks, Ken -- *** * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanographic In

Re: [CF-metadata] Climatological Stats

2015-09-17 Thread Nan Galbraith
12 = 30.44 days, so if you use udunits to convert to anything else, you won't end up where you think you will. The better practice is to use days. It's not as "human readable", but it's the only way to do proper conversions between time bases. Grace and peace, Jim On 9/17

Re: [CF-metadata] Climatological Stats

2015-09-17 Thread Nan Galbraith
gy_bounds=”0.0”, “3.0” ; The CF examples are helpful but my case is different where in I have just 1-time co-ordinate in my file. In the above case, what is the best way to record time and climatology bounds? Thanks, Ajay -- *** * Nan

Re: [CF-metadata] albedo, air pressure definitions

2015-08-25 Thread Nan Galbraith
ace, such as the reflected and incident radiation at an interface./ Any specific suggestion on a definition based on the document (or on anything else)? Cheers - Nan On 8/20/15 1:22 PM, Maarten Sneep wrote: On 10/08/15 19:37, Maarten Sneep wrote: On 07/08/15 21:15, Nan Galbraith wrote: Hi All, an

Re: [CF-metadata] albedo, air pressure definitions

2015-08-07 Thread Nan Galbraith
that they don't need to be defined in CF? Or should we add at least a minimal definition? Thanks - Nan On 7/14/15 3:22 PM, Nan Galbraith wrote: Thanks for raising this, Maarten; we should fix the albedo definitions. I use surface_albedo regularly, but didn't actually have a def

Re: [CF-metadata] Applying multiple conventions

2015-07-29 Thread Nan Galbraith
I'll look into that, and the same applies to CMIP conventions. regards, Martin ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- *** * Nan Galbraith

Re: [CF-metadata] albedo, air pressure definitions

2015-07-17 Thread Nan Galbraith
nimal definition? Thanks - Nan On 7/14/15 3:22 PM, Nan Galbraith wrote: Thanks for raising this, Maarten; we should fix the albedo definitions. I use surface_albedo regularly, but didn't actually have a definition handy, so went googling. This one's from wikipedia: Albedo is the rat

Re: [CF-metadata] A few descriptions seem 'off'

2015-07-14 Thread Nan Galbraith
n on observations). I'm sure there are more, but these caught my eye. I'm not sure how to change the descriptions, I don't know the history of these quantities in the standard name list. Can someone advise how to proceed? Best, Maarten Sneep --

Re: [CF-metadata] How to define time coordinate in GPS?

2015-06-29 Thread Nan Galbraith
for the 1.7 convention, this doesn't seem possible. The epoch and time count must both be expressed either as UTC or as GPS time and the only "mixed calendar" options introduce the above mentioned ambiguity. Regards, Tim Patterson --

Re: [CF-metadata] How to define time coordinate in GPS?

2015-06-26 Thread Nan Galbraith
ely the real world and is not standard. Therefore I'm still inclined towards abolishing them. What do you think? Best wishes Jonathan ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata

Re: [CF-metadata] Practical Salinity units

2015-06-15 Thread Nan Galbraith
Hi Roy - Sure, determination is fine. Thanks - Nan On 6/15/15 1:07 PM, Lowry, Roy K. wrote: Hi Nan, 'Determination'? - 'Estimate' sounds lik a guess to me. Cheers, Roy. From: CF-metadata [cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] on beh

Re: [CF-metadata] Practical Salinity units

2015-06-15 Thread Nan Galbraith
, producing a value on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978 (PSS-78). If that's too much, I'll go with John's version, or Alison's ... yes, it would be good to wrap this up. Thanks! Nan On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Nan Galbraith wrote: Hi Alison and all - Either of

Re: [CF-metadata] Practical Salinity units

2015-06-12 Thread Nan Galbraith
ity quantities that do not match any of the precise definitions should be given the more general standard name of sea_water_salinity. Reference: www.teos-10.org <http://www.teos-10.org/>; Lewis, 1980 doi:10.1109/JOE.1980.1145448. -- ******* * N

Re: [CF-metadata] Practical Salinity units

2015-06-04 Thread Nan Galbraith
Email: alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory R25, 2.22 Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. -- *** * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail

Re: [CF-metadata] Practical Salinity units

2015-06-04 Thread Nan Galbraith
erstood by udunits), I just need to indicate the actual units via the units attribute. So, I think we just need to extend this same thinking to dimensionless quantities. Apologies if I've misunderstood the issues... Dan -- *

[CF-metadata] relative humidity units

2015-06-02 Thread Nan Galbraith
humidity is a percent. The CF definition doesn't include any text on this subject. Does this happen to be because 'percent' isn't clear enough - whether it's by volume or weight? Any thoughts? Thanks - Nan -- *** * Na

Re: [CF-metadata] Salinity units

2015-06-02 Thread Nan Galbraith
AS/Centre for Environmental Data ArchivalEmail: alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory R25, 2.22 Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. -Original Message- From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Nan Galbraith Sent: 02 June 2015

[CF-metadata] FWD: salinity units

2015-06-02 Thread Nan Galbraith
ject. Does this happen to be because 'percent' isn't clear enough - whether it's by volume or weight? Any thoughts? Thanks - Nan -- *** * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes Group

Re: [CF-metadata] Salinity units

2015-06-02 Thread Nan Galbraith
ion to help people better understand the data. Best wishes, Alison From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Nan Galbraith Sent: 27 May 2015 15:45 To: Rich Pawlowicz Cc:cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Salinity units Hi all - The '.00

Re: [CF-metadata] Salinity units

2015-05-27 Thread Nan Galbraith
tal Data ArchivalEmail: alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory R25, 2.22 Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Nan Galbraith Sent: 27 May 2015 15:45 To: Rich Pawlowicz Cc:cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.e

Re: [CF-metadata] Salinity units

2015-05-27 Thread Nan Galbraith
ng Rich Pawlowicz on this, hoping for his input. Thanks, -Rich On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Lowry, Roy K. wrote: Dimensionless. Please This is the view of physical oceanographers for whom I have the greatest respect. Cheers, Roy. From: Reyn

Re: [CF-metadata] Practical salinity units

2015-05-26 Thread Nan Galbraith
eanographers for whom I have the greatest respect. Cheers, Roy. From: Reyna Jenkyns [re...@uvic.ca] Sent: 22 May 2015 18:06 Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Salinity units I'm interested in this topic since I didn't realize what had been discussed previous

Re: [CF-metadata] Salinity units

2015-05-22 Thread Nan Galbraith
y in the CF documentation? Reyna Jenkyns | Data Stewardship Team Lead - Digital Infrastructure Ocean Networks Canada | T 250 853 3908 | oceannetworks.ca University of Victoria PO Box 1700 STN CSC 2300 McKenzie Avenue Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 ________ From: CF-metadata o

Re: [CF-metadata] Salinity units

2015-05-22 Thread Nan Galbraith
nity were '1.00E-03', i.e. parts per thousand. My > understanding in that since the introduction of the Practical > Salinity Scale that salinity is dimensionless with units of '1'. Is > there agreement for our changing the units in the Standard Name > ta

Re: [CF-metadata] flux

2015-05-20 Thread Nan Galbraith
rd of an "ocean flux density adjustment", and Google finds one hit for "snowfall flux density". However we could rename them all and establish aliases to the present names, if that would be an advantage for users of standard names. Should this be done? Cheers Jo

Re: [CF-metadata] Using a standard_name more than once in a file

2015-03-30 Thread Nan Galbraith
gd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution* * Woods Hole,

Re: [CF-metadata] Applying multiple conventions

2015-03-13 Thread Nan Galbraith
e of modifying CF to accept, e.g. Conventions = "CF-1.8, UGRID-0.9"? regards, Martin -- *** * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole O

Re: [CF-metadata] Request for new standard-name: apparent_oxygen_utilization

2015-02-26 Thread Nan Galbraith
mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution* * Woods Hole, MA 02543

Re: [CF-metadata] standard names for sediment trap data

2015-02-04 Thread Nan Galbraith
n - phosphorous - silica - biogenic_silica - lithogenic_silica - calcium - titanium - manganese - barium - magnesium Respectfully, Matthias -- *** * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean

Re: [CF-metadata] Fwd: Re: Request for new standard-name: apparent_oxygen_utilization

2015-02-02 Thread Nan Galbraith
ins use among themselves. Yours equally respectfully Jonathan ----- Forwarded message from Nan Galbraith - Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:20:54 -0500 From: Nan Galbraith To:cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Fwd: Re: Request for new standard-name: apparent_oxygen_utilization T

Re: [CF-metadata] Fwd: Re: Request for new standard-name: apparent_oxygen_utilization

2015-01-26 Thread Nan Galbraith
jargon term. Best wishes Jonathan - Forwarded message from Nan Galbraith - Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:35:36 -0500 From: Nan Galbraith To:cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: [CF-metadata] Fwd: Re: Request for new standard-name: apparent_oxygen_utilization User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PP

[CF-metadata] Fwd: Re: Request for new standard-name: apparent_oxygen_utilization

2015-01-20 Thread Nan Galbraith
mine. Regards - Nan Original Message Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Request for new standard-name: apparent_oxygen_utilization Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:24:25 -0500 From: Ajay Krishnan - NOAA Affiliate To: Nan Galbraith Hi Nan, I posed your question to the Science tea

Re: [CF-metadata] Request for new standard-name: apparent_oxygen_utilization

2015-01-15 Thread Nan Galbraith
info/cf-metadata - End forwarded message - ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Pro

Re: [CF-metadata] Proposals for Versioning ... and Github

2014-09-30 Thread Nan Galbraith
end up with consensus. -Rich -- ******* * Nan Galbraith(508) 289-2444 * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Re: [CF-metadata] web page

2014-08-18 Thread Nan Galbraith
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Re: [CF-metadata] vertical dimension for subseafloor measurements

2014-08-13 Thread Nan Galbraith
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Re: [CF-metadata] request for large number of new variable names

2014-06-27 Thread Nan Galbraith
ed parameters I requested months ago. Never fear, is still on my list to do! John Graybeal jbgrayb...@mindspring.com ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- *****

Re: [CF-metadata] [CF Metadata] #76: More than one name in Conventions attribute, NERC CF Checker

2014-05-08 Thread Nan Galbraith
hed CF 1.7 document. Is that right, Jeff? Thanks Jonathan - Forwarded message from Nan Galbraith - Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 11:14:06 -0400 From: Nan Galbraith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 To: "cf-metada

Re: [CF-metadata] [CF Metadata] #76: More than one name in Conventions attribute, NERC CF Checker

2014-05-08 Thread Nan Galbraith
mmas, it is assumed to be a comma-separated list." Jonathan Ticket URL:<https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/76#comment:6> CF Metadata<http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/> CF Metadata -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Sy

Re: [CF-metadata] How to help correct problems with CF documents on github

2014-04-16 Thread Nan Galbraith
es on http://cf-convention.github.io/, which repo are we supposed to send a pull request to? Thanks, Rich -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanograp

Re: [CF-metadata] Is LLNL having troubles?

2014-04-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
some code that might not be readily available on github; I'd be happy to just be able to use the page search in my browser. Thanks again - Nan On 4/3/14 3:06 PM, Nan Galbraith wrote: Hi Jeff (and all) - I know this is a big project, but just want to check that the old URLs will eventually

Re: [CF-metadata] Is LLNL having troubles?

2014-04-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
other day: http://cf-convention.github.io/documents.html -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Re: [CF-metadata] standard name aliases

2014-03-20 Thread Nan Galbraith
-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- ******* * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Specialist * * Upper Ocean Processes GroupMail Stop 29 * * Woods Hole

Re: [CF-metadata] Vertical datums (again)

2014-02-04 Thread Nan Galbraith
.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata - End forwarded message - _______ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- *** * Nan Galb

Re: [CF-metadata] featureType attribute (was CF-1.6 DSG clarification: time series & lat/lon coordinates)

2013-12-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
n - Forwarded message from Nan Galbraith - Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:46:14 -0400 From: Nan Galbraith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: [CF-metadata] featureType attribute (was CF-

Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name for Greenland surface melt product

2013-11-19 Thread Nan Galbraith
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Re: [CF-metadata] standard_name for acoustic travel time from echo sounder

2013-10-08 Thread Nan Galbraith
sured quantity of signal travel time? It has been proposed to be done with cell_methods='Z:sum', or with a coordinate reference frame that includes the orientation of the instrument. Is there a 'best practice' for this? Thanks - Nan On 6/7/13 3:57 PM, Nan Galbraith wr

Re: [CF-metadata] Are ensembles a compelling use case for "group-aware" metadata? (CZ)

2013-10-03 Thread Nan Galbraith
ys. Some well-documented solutions exist: http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/NetCDF-CF_File_Examples_for_Satellite_Swath_Data Our NASA WG will try to identify such netCDF-API options for storing multiple satellite granules that are a compromise of convenience (multiple granules/groups per file) a

Re: [CF-metadata] Can we please close ticket 93 and modify the latest CF document accordingly?

2013-09-30 Thread Nan Galbraith
ay-job! > However it would be interesting to know more about how different technology > from trac would make the task easier. > > Best wishes > > Jonathan -- *** * Nan GalbraithInformation Systems Spec

Re: [CF-metadata] Towards recognizing and exploiting hierarchical groups (Charlie Zender - Steve Hankin - Richard Signell)

2013-09-19 Thread Nan Galbraith
is the reality. If we start from that premise, then the real questions for discussion are should there be conventions on how groups and hierarchies are used in netcdf4 and hdf5 files, so that a user or software provider will know what to expect, and the second question is if it is deemed

[CF-metadata] featureType attribute (was CF-1.6 DSG clarification: time series & lat/lon coordinates)

2013-08-29 Thread Nan Galbraith
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Re: [CF-metadata] Fwd: how to represent a non-standard error

2013-07-09 Thread Nan Galbraith
e error estimates?" So if we can some up with a standard way to represent this it will be extremely helpful. John On Jul 1, 2013, at 13:00, Nan Galbraith wrote: I think that these are fairly important QC checks for wind and current data, and that they deserve to have standard names to

Re: [CF-metadata] Fwd: how to represent a non-standard error

2013-07-01 Thread Nan Galbraith
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Re: [CF-metadata] how to represent a non-standard error

2013-07-01 Thread Nan Galbraith
e, and use the error variable's long_name to describe the error) very respectfully, randy ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- ******

Re: [CF-metadata] New reflectance standard names

2013-06-21 Thread Nan Galbraith
portion of the shortwave spectrum, I think a different term (reflectivity? reflectance?) should be used. Karl On 6/19/13 8:32 AM, Nan Galbraith wrote: Can we also update the definition for surface_albedo now? It's currently ' The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary o

Re: [CF-metadata] New reflectance standard names

2013-06-19 Thread Nan Galbraith
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Re: [CF-metadata] standard_name_vocabulary attribute

2013-06-14 Thread Nan Galbraith
tes Desc: publishingStandardNames.pdf URL: <http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/attachments/20130613/443c998e/attachment.pdf>___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.uca

Re: [CF-metadata] standard_name for acoustic travel time from echo sounder

2013-06-07 Thread Nan Galbraith
ions. The canonical units would obviously be seconds. I assume the data would need some additional description to denote the vertical extent of the measurement, such as cell_bounds and cell_methods='Z:sum'. Any comments? Kind regards, Matthias -- **

Re: [CF-metadata] scalar coordinates

2013-05-23 Thread Nan Galbraith
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Re: [CF-metadata] Question from NODC about interplay of standard name modifiers, cell_methods, etc.

2013-03-29 Thread Nan Galbraith
he standard deviation is the width of that distribution. Neither is a discrete measurement and only make sense as part of a distribution. But I am not a statistician so I really do wonder what one would say…. -Ken On Mar 27, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Nan Galbraith <mailto:ngalbra...@whoi.edu&

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