The 'type'-word was chosen after a discussion in this mailing list. You
are right that the high/middle/low are slightly correlated to the
altitude of the cloud-types, but the altitude dependents on pressure,
temperature and latitude, so e.g. a middle type cloud can be found in
higher altitudes than a high type cloud.
So, the word 'type' should catch anybodies eyes to read the explanatory
text: high type clouds are Cirrus, Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus ... and
for those familiar with clouds, the terms 'high', 'middle' and 'low' are
very common.
Heiko
On 2012-05-07 17:53, John Graybeal wrote:
So, anytime I see the word 'type' in a variable name, it catches my eye -- it
usually indicates a concept that exists but hasn't been named. (Because there
was *some* reason for grouping the clouds that way, right?)
In this case, I know pretty much nothing about clouds, but it looks to me like
the concept may be altitude or height. If that were true I would much prefer
'high_altitude_cloud_area_fraction' and so on. Or whatever the right concept
is.
John
On May 7, 2012, at 01:29, Heiko Klein wrote:
Dear Jonathan,
I just had a short side-discussion with Eizi, and we settled on 'type', i.e. we
propose the standard names:
high_type_cloud_area_fraction
middle_type_cloud_area_fraction
low_type_cloud_area_fraction
As explanatory text, the one of cloud_area_fraction is a good start, and then
an addition like:
high type clouds are: Cirrus, Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus
middle type clouds are: Altostratus, Altocumulus, Nimbostratus
low type clouds are: Stratus, Stratocumulus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus
Best regards,
Heiko
On 2012-04-27 17:30, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
Dear Eizi and Heiko
I think this kind of idea is good
high_genera_cloud_area_fraction:
etc.
"type" or "genera" would both be OK, but "genera" is a plural so better English
would probably be "type" (or "genus").
Cheers
Jonathan
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