Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU

2012-12-07 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Martin Philip also raises a good point with respect to alias names: has it been stated clearly that they must refer to exactly the same quantity? I believe they should, because if we allow trivial unit conversions to count as aliases, then even wavelength and frequency could be

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU

2012-12-07 Thread Cameron-smith, Philip
Gregory Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 5:31 AM To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU Dear Martin Philip also raises a good point with respect to alias names: has it been stated clearly that they must refer to exactly the same

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU

2012-12-06 Thread Christophe Lerot
Subject: RE: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU Hello Cristophe, To be absolutely clear, I'm saying the data should be stored in the NetCDF in Dobson Units, that the units parameter attribute in the NetCDF file should be Dobson Units, but that the canonical unit

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU

2012-12-06 Thread Cameron-smith, Philip
To: christophe.le...@aeronomie.be Cc: victoria.benn...@stfc.ac.uk; cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU Dear Christophe and Roy, Thank you for the discussion; I think we are agreed! The name will go into the standard name table

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU

2012-12-06 Thread Schultz, Martin
...@aeronomie.be Cc: victoria.benn...@stfc.ac.uk victoria.benn...@stfc.ac.uk, cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU Message-ID: 298f51abd432da4288ce6b8c469a2afc338...@prdexmbx-04.the-lab.llnl.gov

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU

2012-12-05 Thread alison.pamment
December 2012 10:23 To: Christophe Lerot Cc: Pamment, Alison (STFC,RAL,RALSP); cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: RE: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU Hello Cristophe, To be absolutely clear, I'm saying the data should be stored in the NetCDF in Dobson Units

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU

2012-12-05 Thread Lowry, Roy K.
but not guaranteed! -Original Message- From: CF-metadata [mailto:cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk Sent: 05 December 2012 10:30 To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU Dear Roy

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU

2012-12-04 Thread Lowry, Roy K.
[alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk] Sent: 03 December 2012 14:18 To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU Dear Christophe and Jonathan, I also support this proposal. We don't currently have any standard names that use Dobson Units - I think

Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU

2012-12-04 Thread Christophe Lerot
: alison.pamm...@stfc.ac.uk; cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] new standard name proposal for total ozone in DU Dear Roy, Do you mean that the total ozone values should be given in moles per square metre in the NetCDF files themselves? Or do you mean that I should simply add