Dear Jonathan: Is there an existing standard name for a distance threshold as well ?
very respectfully, randy On Apr 23, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Jonathan Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Gary > > In your new definition, the threshold is not stated, and I agree that it > better > in principle. However it would be informative to record the threshold used, I > imagine. This could be done like this: > >> The average radius of a central region of clouds in tropical >> cyclones lacking well-defined eye features >> which is computed by averaging the great circle distance in four >> cardinal directions. The radius >> in each direction is measured from the estimated storm center >> position to a warm point that exceeds >> a threshold temperature limit. > The threshold applied should be recorded in a coordinate variable having the > standard_name of air_temperature_threshold. > > It could be a scalar or a size-one coordinate variable. > > 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
