Dear Glenn
I too agree with your interpretation. COARDS and CF disallow degree for lat
and lon, but degree is allowed for some other quantities in the standard name
table e.g. grid_latitude and grid_longitude (for a rotated-pole system) have
units of degree.
I agree with Roy that quantities which
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Behalf Of Comiskey, Glenn [g.comis...@geos.com]
Sent: 14 July 2011 15:48
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Subject: [CF-metadata] Units: degrees - COARDS/CF Convention
Hi,
The use of the variable u
On 7/14/2011 8:48 AM, Comiskey, Glenn wrote:
Hi,
The use of the variable unit value "degrees" would appear to discount
a data set from being both COARDS and CF compliant, at least according
to the CF conventions document, i.e. v1.5, section 3.1 states "The
COARDS convention prohibits the unit
Hi,
The use of the variable unit value "degrees" would appear to discount a
data set from being both COARDS and CF compliant, at least according to
the CF conventions document, i.e. v1.5, section 3.1 states "The COARDS
convention prohibits the unit "degrees" altogether" while also stating
"this u
