Hello, I have a question concerning the "Climatological statistics".
According to the CF ("Climatological statistics" section in the CF document), there are 2 ways to derive climatological statistics:
1. "Climatological statistics may be derived from corresponding portions of the annual cycle in a set of years" (corresponding examples: 7.8, 7.9, 7.11 and 7.12).
2. "Climatological statistics may also be derived from corresponding portions of a range of days, for instance the average temperature for each hour of the average day in April 1997" (corresponding examples: 7.10).
There is also the example 7.13 (Monthly-maximum daily precipitation totals) which doesn't correspond to these ways. For me, to find max daily precipitation for each month is an usual statistics, but not climatological. So, I think that the "climatology_bounds" variable should be renamed to "time_bnds". For example, in CMIP5 project monthly statistics derived from daily variables have no "climatology_bounds" but "time_bnds" variable.
Could you enlighten me on this point, please? Best regards, Natalia -- *Natalia Tatarinova* CERFACS/Climate Modelling and Global Change 42 Av. Gaspard Coriolis, 31057, Toulouse, France [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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