Hello Kristopher, The proposed names seem to contain an ambiguity:
> We thought the "cloud radiative center" terminology was more > descriptive, but not as widely used as "effective" What exactly is cloud radiative center? It sounds like it should mean the geometric average of the cloud base and height retrieved from upward and downward-looking radiometers (below and above the cloud, respectively) at a certain wavelength (somehow indicated in the name or an attribute). Whereas I suspect the quantity you are trying to name is the height above which enough photons are emitted/scattered into a satellite sensor to trigger the detection algorithm to identify the presence of a cloud. This would be approximately optical depth unity from cloud top. Is this what you intend to name? In any case that height depends strongly on wavelength. IR and visible instruments would produce different heights. Might even different IR channels (10 um, 11 um, 12 um) produce significantly different heights? Wouldn't that be ambiguous? And might it not be better to indicate the wavelength in the name or an attribute? Best, Charlie -- 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
