Dear Colleagues, I guess you are talking about five-digit number to identify stations in SYNOP or TEMP. Please note that the number is called "station index number" in WMO.
There are several other systems of symbol to identify observation platforms in WMO: - moored and fixed buoys have different number system - GAW (Global Atmosphere Watch) stations uses three-letter code http://gaw.empa.ch/gawsis/ Best Regards, -- Eizi TOYODA (aka Eiji) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeffrey F. Painter To: Renata McCoy ; cf-metadata Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 1:34 AM Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] standard names for stations good point - The auxiliary coordinate variable station_name in these examples is missing a standard_name; and indeed station_description or station_name would fit the bill. I'd be happy with either or both. For that matter, if one of the stations in the examples had a WMO ID, then it would also need a variable wmo_platform_id (btw, that's a name change from the text's station_wmo_id) The example variable station_info also has no standard_name, but the example variable station_elevation already has one. - Jeff On 8/25/11 8:47 AM, Renata McCoy wrote: There is also a 'station_name' as recommended attribute in a discrete geometries section, see http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.6/aphs02.html/ and even more info on the station (like station_info anf station_elevation) in the Example H.3. Timeseries of station data Greetings, Renata ------------------------------------------------------------ Renata McCoy PCMDI/ LLNL, (925) 424-5237, [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------ On Aug 25, 2011, at 5:50 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote: Dear Jeff I think this one is fine - wmo_platform_id : variable of integer type, containing the WMO identifier of an observing station or other platform For this one - station_description : variable of character type containing a description of a time series station I now wonder what we mean by "description". What is probably expected is a geographical location of some sort, isn't it. Could we call it station_name? Like long_name and standard_name, it could still be several words. Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ 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
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