I would suggest the expanded form. Even people within the CONUS don't
know what CONUS stands for. ;-) We use CONUS as a map name in the IDV
and most users have no clue what that is.
Don
On 9/9/11 10:31 AM, Jim Biard wrote:
Jonathan,
I'm happy either way. The acronym CONUS is in widespread use within the
CONUS, but I am fine with a more explicit form.
Jim
On 9/9/2011 12:09 PM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
Dear Jim
I have a need for a region standard_name of "conus". This is for the
contiguous United States. I don't see any other way to specify this
region. Can we add this please?
I think it would be fine to give it a standardised region name to add
to the
list in
http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/standardized-region-names
but could it avoid abbreviation in order to me more self-explanatory e.g.
contiguous_united_states[_of_america]? "conus" is not an acronym that
I've ever
seen before although I expect it is familiar to inhabitants of conus.
Best wishes
Jonathan
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