Le mercredi 24 novembre 2010 à 11:27 +0000, Jonathan Gregory a écrit :
> [...]. However a
> simple solution might be just to use the existing standard name of
> number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air, and include a coordinate
> variable to specify the sizes, and their ranges recorded in the bounds of
> the coord variable. Then you need a standard_name to identify this coord
> and I don't think we have an appropriate one at present. Perhaps
>  size_of_ambient_aerosol_particle
> would be right?

  I love simple solutions.
  
  As for the name of the coordinate variable, I would prefer diameter
over size.

   It is usual to call the size classe "bins", so we might come to 
particle_bins_mid_diameter.

Just to be clear, here is what I mean : 

int size30(size30) ;
        size30:long_name = "index values from 1 up to 30" ;

float mic_conctab_SPP200_sync_1(time, size30) ;
        mic_conctab_SPP200_sync_1:units = "count/cm3" ;
        mic_conctab_SPP200_sync_1:coordinates =
                "particle_bins_mid_diameter" ;
        mic_conctab_SPP200_sync_1:standard_name =
                    "number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air" ;

int particle_bins_mid_diameter(size30);
  particle_bins_mid_diameter:long_name="median diameter of size class";


Thanks again for your hints and patience,

Bruno.
-- 
Bruno PIGUET <[email protected]>
Meteo-France/CNRM

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