There are global attribute names defined with specific meaning in 2.6.2 Description of File Contents http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.5/ch02s06.html#description-of-file-contents
Specifically the names: institution source It is a common operation to combine data from multiple sources/institutions into some form of ensemble. The natural operation is to promote source/institution to a coordinate variable. I have seen many CF NetCDF files which are not CF compliant as they have used source and/or institution as a standard_name for a coordinate variable. Thus I propose that institution source are added to the standard name list, with the same definition for each as is used in 2.6.2 This will bring a common practice which I feel is logical into compliance. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
