Jonathan: xxxx_area_fraction is fine.
very respectfully, randy On Jun 14, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Jonathan Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ____________________________________ Randy C. Horne ([email protected]) Principal Engineer, Excalibur Laboratories Inc. voice & fax: (321) 952.5100 url: http://www.excaliburlabs.com _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
