Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-satellite] Consistent standard_names for satellite derived radiance quantities

[Kenneth S. Casey - NOAA Federal]

That's why I posed my comment as a question :-)   I sensed something was wrong about specifying "emitted" alone, but in mentioning reflection I also forgot about scattering.  -Ken On Apr 3, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Aleksandar Jelenak - NOAA Affiliate <aleksandar.jele...@noaa.gov> wrote: Hello Ken, Randy, On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Kenneth S. Casey - NOAA Federal <kenneth.ca...@noaa.gov> wrote: Randy - I am not the expert on these definitions, but the word "emitted" is used in each of them. Might be more appropriate to say "emitted or reflected"???  Meaning, the radiance being measured at the TOA might be reflected off a terrestrial surface, not emitted from that surface.  Let's avoid naming possible causes for the measured signal because how much is emitted, reflected, scattered, etc. is not distinguishable. How about this: ... "outgoing" means towards outer space ...        -Aleksandar Kenneth S. Casey, Ph.D. Technical Director NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 301-713-3272 x133 http://www.nodc.noaa.gov

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