Dear Jonathan: RE: > 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"?
Yes, that is what it means. Incorporating this more clear statement yields the following: area_fraction_of_solar_zenith_angle definition: The fraction of the horizontal area where the solar zenith angle is within a specified range. A coordinate variable of solar_zenith_angle with boundaries indicating the range must be specified. very respectfully, randy On Jan 3, 2014, at 2:53 PM, Jonathan Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ____________________________________ 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
