Dear Gary, I like your newer names better. I have not looked at how CF tends to name variables that combine to form other variables. Maybe they have a standard practice? If not, I recommend permuting your formula so that names proceed with increasing level of detail:
Standard name: fire_X_area Standard name: fire_X_temperature Standard Name: fire_X_radiative_power Putting the adjectives second, after fire_, causes all the fire variables show up together when listed alphabetically by standard name. On the other hand, it doesn't read as naturally. I'm sure someone will chime in if there is already a CF preference for one or the other ordering. c -- Charlie Zender, Earth System Sci. & Computer Sci. University of California, Irvine 949-891-2429 )'( _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
