Dear Kris

cloud_binary_mask would be exactly the right standard name, I think, as Jim
suggests.

Cheers

Jonathan

> We are detecting cloudy and clear sky pixels using a combination passive 
> infrared and visible satellite imagery.  The community typically calls this 
> product a "cloud mask", i.e. byte value 0=clear sky pixel, 1=cloudy pixel.  I 
> am reviewing the CF Standard Name table and I see no name that would 
> correspond to this type of product.  I see the name "cloud_area_fraction", 
> but the concept of "fraction" would imply that one considers several pixels 
> in a region and computes the ratio of cloudy pixels relative to the total 
> number of pixels in the region.   This is not being done with our processing. 
>  I'd recommend something like "cloudy_satellite_pixel_detection", but am open 
> to other suggestions
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