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
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