Dear Randy > a single standard name of area_fraction_of_solar_zenith_angle is fine. This > form could be useful for area fractions of other angles, such as platform > zenith angle.
Yes, true. If you're happy with it, then fine. > As far as a definition goes, how about: > fraction of horizontal area resulting from the projection of the solar zenith > angle. A > coordinate variable of solar_zenith_angle with boundaries indicating the > angular extent must be specified. The first sentence is not clear to me. Does it mean, "The fraction of the horizontal area where the solar zenith angle is within a specified range"? An advantage of this more general quantity is that you could contain day, night, twilight and any other such fraction in a single data variable, if you wanted to, by having a dimension of size more than one for the solar zenith angle. Best wishes Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
