Re: [CF-metadata] add_offset for time dimension

2010-09-17 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear John and Benno No, CF doesn't specifically exclude add_offset for coordinate variables, but it only talks about it regarding packing data variables, and in Table A it is listed only as an attribute of data variables, not coordinate variables. I think that's because coordinate variables don't

Re: [CF-metadata] add_offset for time dimension

2010-09-16 Thread Benno Blumenthal
ingrid allows it as well On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:36 PM, John Caron wrote: >  On 9/16/2010 11:04 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote: >> >> Dear Upendra >> >> add_offset is included in CF for data variables, but not coordinate >> variables. >> Its intention is to help with packing data (CF section 8.1).

Re: [CF-metadata] add_offset for time dimension

2010-09-16 Thread John Caron
On 9/16/2010 11:04 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote: Dear Upendra add_offset is included in CF for data variables, but not coordinate variables. Its intention is to help with packing data (CF section 8.1). For time coordinate variables, however, an offset can effectively be included in the units, wh

[CF-metadata] add_offset for time dimension

2010-09-16 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Upendra add_offset is included in CF for data variables, but not coordinate variables. Its intention is to help with packing data (CF section 8.1). For time coordinate variables, however, an offset can effectively be included in the units, which have the form "UNITS since TIME". You can spec

[CF-metadata] add_offset for time dimension

2010-09-16 Thread Upendra Dadi
Hi, Does CF allow add_offset for time dimension? How about X and Y dimesions? Upendra ___ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata