Re: [CF-metadata] Proposal for standard name "snow_cover_binary_mask"

2012-09-05 Thread Jim Biard
Ute, It is a good concept. As best as I understand it (I'm still learning), the existing grammar for standard names doesn't allow a qualifier of this sort. Qualifiers are not allowed to change the units of a quantity, for one thing, and a binary mask qualifier doesn't fit into any of the exis

Re: [CF-metadata] Proposal for standard name "snow_cover_binary_mask"

2012-09-05 Thread Lowry, Roy K.
r 2012 19:49 To: Ute Brönner; Jim Biard Cc: Heather Brown; Raymond Nepstad; cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu; Alisa Young Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Proposal for standard name "snow_cover_binary_mask" Dear All, It's becoming clear that we need a Standard Name component to cover boolean val

Re: [CF-metadata] Proposal for standard name "snow_cover_binary_mask"

2012-09-05 Thread Lowry, Roy K.
e.broen...@sintef.no] Sent: 05 September 2012 18:40 To: Jim Biard Cc: Heather Brown; Raymond Nepstad; cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu; Alisa Young Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Proposal for standard name "snow_cover_binary_mask" Hei, Wouldn't that feature come in handy for other grids as well where

Re: [CF-metadata] Proposal for standard name "snow_cover_binary_mask"

2012-09-05 Thread Ute Brönner
Hei, Wouldn't that feature come in handy for other grids as well where we would like to mark sth. like "exposed" or "not exposed"? So I would suggest to make it snow independent. Regards, Ute Am 05.09.2012 um 18:31 schrieb "Jim Biard" mailto:jim.bi...@noaa.gov>>: Hi. I'd like to propose the