Dear Alison, thanks for your quick reply! I'll go with your suggestion of
height_of_atmosphere_layer_above_surface (m) and use this as long_name attribute (as I'm using Iris which is very strict and doesn't accept standard_names which are not in the official standard name table). Cheers, Andreas. On 02.07.2014 13:49, [email protected] wrote: > Dear Andreas, > > In CF, "height" is defined with reference to the earth's surface: "Height is > the vertical distance above the surface." ("Altitude" is defined as "the > (geometric) height above the geoid, which is the reference geopotential > surface. The geoid is similar to mean sea level.") > > Hence, I think the name you need is: > height_of_atmosphere_layer_above_surface (m) > and you would then need to define your layer, for example, by giving > coordinate bounds in terms of pressure at the top and bottom of the layer. > > Best wishes, > Alison > > ------ > Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 > NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Email: [email protected] > STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory > R25, 2.22 > Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andreas Hilboll [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 02 July 2014 10:57 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [CF-metadata] altitude_above_surface? >> >> Hi guys, >> >> I have another question: How would I express "altitude (of atmosphere >> layer) above surface" in terms of CF standard names? >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- Andreas. >> _______________________________________________ >> CF-metadata mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata -- -- Andreas. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
