Jonathan, I thought this was already defined. In the second paragraph of section 5.6, it says that if you aren’t specifying a projected coordinate system (or, I assume, a Cartesian coordinate system such as ECF), then use the name “latitude_longitude”. I haven’t noticed anything we’ve talked about that would invalidate this usage. We are talking about adding vertical datum specifications and such as further attributes to the variable, but even latitude and longitude values can shift depending on the ellipsoid and/or geoid being used, so these should specified even when there is no projected coordinate system.
Is there something I’m missing? Grace and peace, Jim Visit us on Facebook Jim Biard Research Scholar Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites NC North Carolina State University NOAA's National Climatic Data Center 151 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 e: [email protected] o: +1 828 271 4900 On Mar 14, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Jonathan Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jim > > Given what you say, what would you suggest for the grid_mapping_name when the > grid_mapping supplies only the figure of the Earth and does not specify any > transformation of coordinate systems? > > I agree that grid_mapping is itself an unsatisfactory name, which reflects > the purpose we had in mind when it was first introduced, subsequently > generalised. In the data model we can (and indeed we propose to) call it > something else. We could change its name in the convention but we'd have to > retain the old one too for backward compatibility, I'd argue, and I would > feel it's not worth the effort. It's more important to describe clearly what > it does in principle. > > Best wishes and thanks > > Jonathan > > > ----- Forwarded message from Jim Biard <[email protected]> ----- > >> The contents of the grid_mapping variable are doing as much mapping when >> specifying a projected coordinate system as they are when specifying a >> geographic (i.e., lon/lat) coordinate system. It is telling you how to >> understand the spatial coordinate information, particularly in relation to >> any other choice of coordinate system. It has an unfortunate name, in that >> it leads us to think about it as ?the thing that tells me how I got from my >> X & Y coordinate variables to my lon & lat grids?. When you have both X/Y >> coordinates and lon/lat auxiliary coordinates, the grid_mapping variable is >> actually telling you how to understand both. There is really no such thing >> as a ?null mapping?. > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
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