Dear Karl I agree with your proposal. The cell_measures variables (CF 7.2) are not required to have particular standard names, because the cell_measures attribute identifies them by pointing to them. However it would be useful if they did have standard names. I believe the standard names of sea_area and ocean_volume are intended as geophysical quantities (for the whole ocean or sea or part of it - it might be a particular basin, for example), whereas cell_area refers to a metric of the grid. It would be consistent to introduce a corresponding name of cell_volume. Then cell_area and cell_volume would be the right standard names to use for the cell_measures variables.
Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
