Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-20 Thread Randy Horne
Folks: It would seem that all the facets of this issue have been discussed. can closure be reach ? very respectfully, randy On Apr 13, 2012, at 5:31 AM, Mike Grant wrote: On 13/04/12 10:15, David Hassell wrote: That sounds reasonable to me. From a backwards compatibility view point, it

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-13 Thread David Hassell
(2010-09-15) Subject: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables Dear Brian Jonathan, are you thinking that CF disallows packing of coordinates because we neglected to explicitly include them in Table A.1? I think this was just an oversight. I don't have

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-12 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear John Well, the netcdf-Java library will unpack coordinate variables, so any applications built with it will also. OK, well done! I retract my comment. Still, I expect that there is software in use to analyse netCDF data (on the whole not specifically for CF) which knows about coordinate

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-12 Thread Heiko Klein
On 2012-04-12 11:35, Jonathan Gregory wrote: Dear John Well, the netcdf-Java library will unpack coordinate variables, so any applications built with it will also. OK, well done! I retract my comment. Still, I expect that there is software in use to analyse netCDF data (on the whole not

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-12 Thread Brian Eaton
I agree with Heiko's comment. Jonathan, are you thinking that CF disallows packing of coordinates because we neglected to explicitly include them in Table A.1? I think this was just an oversight. I don't have any recollection that we intended to disallow packing coordinates, and I don't find

[CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-12 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Brian Jonathan, are you thinking that CF disallows packing of coordinates because we neglected to explicitly include them in Table A.1? I think this was just an oversight. I don't have any recollection that we intended to disallow packing coordinates, and I don't find anything in the

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-11 Thread Randy Horne
:05:45 -0400 From: Randy Horne rho...@excaliburlabs.com To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu X-Mailer: IMail v8.21 Subject: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables Folks: Appendix A, Table A.1 in the CF conventions state that add_offset and scale_factor can

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-11 Thread Jim Biard
Apr 2012 13:05:45 -0400 From: Randy Horne rho...@excaliburlabs.com To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu X-Mailer: IMail v8.21 Subject: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables Folks: Appendix A, Table A.1 in the CF conventions state that add_offset

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-11 Thread Randy Horne
-Mailer: IMail v8.21 Subject: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables Folks: Appendix A, Table A.1 in the CF conventions state that add_offset and scale_factor can be used with data variables, but not coordinate variables. For the data producing system I

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-11 Thread Etienne Tourigny
To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu X-Mailer: IMail v8.21 Subject: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables Folks: Appendix A, Table A.1 in the CF conventions state that add_offset and scale_factor can be used with data variables, but not coordinate variables

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-11 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Randy While I understand why this would be convenient for you, I'm inclined to think that your convenience would be outweighed by the inconvenience to the users of the data in this case. I don't expect there is any existing CF-aware analysis software which would expect to unpack coordinate

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-11 Thread John Caron
On 4/11/2012 3:59 PM, Jonathan Gregory wrote: Dear Randy While I understand why this would be convenient for you, I'm inclined to think that your convenience would be outweighed by the inconvenience to the users of the data in this case. I don't expect there is any existing CF-aware analysis

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-10 Thread David Hassell
...@excaliburlabs.com To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu X-Mailer: IMail v8.21 Subject: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables Folks: Appendix A, Table A.1 in the CF conventions state that add_offset and scale_factor can be used with data variables, but not coordinate variables

Re: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-10 Thread Etienne Tourigny
: [CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate  variables Folks: Appendix A, Table A.1 in the CF conventions state that add_offset and scale_factor can be used with data variables, but not coordinate variables. For the data producing system I am working (GOES-R Ground Segment

[CF-metadata] Using add_offset scale_factor with coordinate variables

2012-04-05 Thread Randy Horne
Folks: Appendix A, Table A.1 in the CF conventions state that add_offset and scale_factor can be used with data variables, but not coordinate variables. For the data producing system I am working (GOES-R Ground Segment) it is particularly convenient to make use of add_offset and scale_factor