Thanks so much! Ajay
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 7:11 AM, Rosalyn Hatcher <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Ajay, > > Variables of character type are treated as dimensionless and the units > attribute is only mandatory for dimensional quantities. > So no it is not necessary for station_name to have units associated with > it. > > Regards, > Ros. > > > On 15/05/14 16:16, Ajay Krishnan - NOAA Affiliate wrote: > > Hi Rosalyn, > > Thanks for the clarification. That leads me to another question though, > if the *station_name *is defined as an aux co-ordinate, is it mandatory > to have associated units with it? > Can the units for the *station_name *variable be left blank? Is the > *station_name > *variable supposed to be monotonic? > > Thanks, > Ajay > > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:22 AM, Rosalyn Hatcher < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Ajay, >> >> In your netcdf file is *station_name* identified as an aux coordinate >> variable by listing it in the *coordinates* attribute? >> >> There is a mistake in the H2 example (and others) where *station_name*should >> be identified as a aux coord var on the >> *coordinates* attribute for humidity >> >> I raised this and other defects in ticket 103 - >> http://kitt.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/103 >> >> Hope this helps, >> Regards, >> Ros. >> >> On 08/05/14 21:38, Ajay Krishnan - NOAA Affiliate wrote: >> >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Can anybody tell me the correct usage of the *cf_role* attribute? >> >> From my gathering, the *cf_role* attribute should only be attached to a >> coordinated variable (See appendix >> A<http://cfconventions.org/1.6.html#attribute-appendix> >> ). >> >> But in the CF conventions document Example H.2., the *cf_role* is being >> attached to the *station_name* variable. >> >> When we do this, the CF compliance checker gives out an INFO message >> stating that the *cf_role *attribute is being used in a non-standard way. >> >> Any inputs? >> >> Thanks, >> Ajay >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CF-metadata mailing >> [email protected]http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata >> >> >> -- >> Rosalyn Hatcher >> NCAS Computational Modelling Services >> Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading, >> Earley Gate, Reading. RG6 6BB >> Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 118 378 5429 >> >> > > -- > Rosalyn Hatcher > NCAS Computational Modelling Services > Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading, > Earley Gate, Reading. RG6 6BB > Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 118 378 5429 > >
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