Glancing at my local copy of the cf-checker code, I believe it is case-sensitive, yes.
As it ought to be: the spec lists valid values for axis as capital letters and uses the <code> markup that indicates an exact term. --Seth On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:55:04 -0600 John Caron <[email protected]> wrote: >the units appear ok. is the CF checker case sensitive on the "t" ? > >On 7/23/2010 12:27 PM, Karl Taylor wrote: >> Stephane, >> >> axis="T" is correct. I'm guessing, the units on your time coordinate aren't >recognized by udunits. >> >> Karl >> >> On 7/23/10 11:02 AM, Stephane Poirier wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> I am trying to have our netCDF files comply to CF-1.0 convention. >>> CF-Convention compliance checker for NetCDF format >(http://*titania.badc.rl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/cf-checker.pl) returns the following >error when checking my netCDF file's "time" variable: ERROR (4): axis >attribute inconsistent with coordinate type as deduced from units and/or >positive. >>> File >http://*www.*oifii.org/do-org/dod/2010july23_time-axis-attribute-inconsistent-with-coordinate-type-as-deduced-from-units-and-or-positive.jpg >shows how UCAR's NetCDF 4.2 Tool UI see's my netCDF file >(http://*www.*oifii.org/imt/dai/crcm/MRCC.4.2.0_amno_adj_alsi_ps_196012_r(cf-1-4).nc ><http://*www.*oifii.org/imt/dai/crcm/MRCC.4.2.0_amno_adj_alsi_ps_196012_r%28cf-1-4%29.nc>). >>> Do I get this error because the "axis" attribute of my "time" variable is >set to "t" instead of "time"? >>> Stephane >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Stephane Poirier, M.Sc. Optical Physics >>> Remote Sensing Application Software Developer >>> Geography Department, Burnside Hall >>> McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada >>> http://*geog.mcgill.ca >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Cell. (514) 994-3532 >>> Fax: (514) 509-8833 >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Stephane Poirier, M.Sc. Optical Physics >>> Remote Sensing Application Software Developer >>> 3532 rue Sainte-Famille, Apt. 4 >>> Montreal, QC, H2X 2L1, Canada >>> http://*www.*oifii.org >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Tel.: (514) 509-8833 >>> Fax: (514) 509-8833 >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CF-metadata mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata >> > _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
