Re: [CF-metadata] use of volume_* and *_optical_thickness in variable names

2011-09-16 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Markus Welcome to CF. > 1) To what degree are qualifications part of the standard_name? In the > guidelines for constructing standard_names, qualifications such as _in_air or > _due_to_dry_aerosol are separated from the standard name, while they are > included with some standard_names in

[CF-metadata] use of volume_* and *_optical_thickness in variable names

2011-09-06 Thread Markus Fiebig
Dear CF-metadata list members, having just signed up to the mailing list, I should probably "waist" a few words on a brief introduction. I'm managing the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) World Data Centre for Aerosol (WDCA) at NILU. WDCA collects data on atmospheric aerosol properties measured