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 _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
