Dear Brian > Isn't the use of "cell_methods" with a value of "variance" an example where > we don't require a different standard_name even though the units are > different?
Yes. I simplified what I said in order not to be confusing, but perhaps the result was confusing! Cell methods specifies statistical computations done on the values of the variable in order to represent its subgrid variation, and the resulting statistic might have a different unit. Maybe cell_methods could be extended to represent some kinds of transformation, such a calculating a probability density function or a Fourier transform. That would be new kind of purpose for it. I don't see a reason to prefer that to using the standard name to indicate the transformation, though, following the the guidelines for construction of standard names. Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
