Hi Randy... I'm wondering if some of the constructs put forth for the radar people might address the "coordinates" issue you raise. As far as I know, nothing is "blessed" yet my the CF committee for radar scans, but the geometry (3D vector and a solid angle) might be common.
Others with more knowledge about this will have to comment, though...I'm out of my element on this one ;-) tom On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Randy Horne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tom: > > I might have read or deduced this, but, in any case, the essence of > conforming to CF compliance revolves around being able to locate the data in > space and time. The conventions for locating data in space revolve around > coordinate variables and the related CF conventions. > > Solar and space weather data directly related to climate and forecasting here > on the earth can make use of many of the existing CF constructs, but the CF > constructs to locate data in space have little relevance. > > On GOES-R we have solar images and we also have space weather data where its > location is a 3D vector and a solid angle (i.e. a cone looking off into > space). > > The implication is that these extensions to the CF conventions need to > augment the existing CF core coordinate variable related constructs. > > Is this going to be palatable to this community or is just establishing a > new, independent set of conventions, which can make use of the relevant CF > conventions to the extent possible, the way to go ? > > > > very respectfully, > > randy > > > > > On Jul 13, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Tom Whittaker wrote: > >> Randy... >> >> I see no reason why not. As we have discussed for geo satellites, >> though, we may need to make extensions to get some conventions >> established where they do not already exist (e.g., 'band') so that >> application developers can put in code to recognize these conventions. >> >> tom >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Randy Horne <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Dear all: >>> >>> Is it a given that the CF conventions apply to data below, at, or above the >>> surface of the earth ? >>> >>> >>> very respectfully, >>> >>> randy >>> >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> Randy C. Horne ([email protected]) >>> Principal Engineer, Excalibur Laboratories Inc. >>> voice & fax: (321) 952.5100 >>> url: http://www.excaliburlabs.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cf-satellite mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: >>> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/ >> >> >> >> -- >> Tom Whittaker >> University of Wisconsin-Madison >> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) >> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) >> 1225 W. Dayton Street >> Madison, WI 53706 USA >> ph: +1 608 262 2759 >> > > > ____________________________________ > > Randy C. Horne ([email protected]) > Principal Engineer, Excalibur Laboratories Inc. > voice & fax: (321) 952.5100 > url: http://www.excaliburlabs.com > > > > -- Tom Whittaker University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) 1225 W. Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 USA ph: +1 608 262 2759 _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
