Dear Randy > The specific geophysical quantity where this issue came up are the > different cloud phase categories (std name = cloud_phase_category). that > are reported for the entire image on a percentage basis. ... > Moving forward we will propose "percent_" standard_names as required.
Thanks. area_fraction would be more consistent with existing standard_names - there are quite a lot of them. It is also more informative, because it says what it's a proportion of. A canonical unit of 1 is dimensionally consistent with percent, which is a dimensionless unit permitted by udunits. Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
