Hi Reyna, Yes, this is in scope for CF.
There is a standard name height_above_sea_floor (no definition, canonical units meters) which has the meaning you need, if you use a negative number for the distance your data is below the sea floor. If this is not ideal, possibly we could add depth_below_sea_floor (which is where *I* would look for such data) to the standard names list. So I sort of hope you ask for that new name. ;-) I will take advantage of your query to propose a definition for height_above_sea_floor, to wit: "Height_above_sea_floor is the vertical distance above the surface of the seabed. Negative values indicate locations below the seabed." John On Aug 12, 2014, at 16:35, Reyna Jenkyns <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Although most of our data is in the water column, we are also serving data > from beneath the seafloor in boreholes from the IODP program. Is there a way > in the vertical dimension to reflect the combination of seafloor depth and > the meters below seafloor that a sensor is positioned? Or is this sort of > data outside the scope of the CF convention? We have data like temperature, > pressure and resistivity inside boreholes. > > Any recommendations for representation that information would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > > > > Reyna Jenkyns | Data Stewardship Team Lead - Digital Infrastructure > Ocean Networks Canada | T 250 853 3908 | oceannetworks.ca > University of Victoria PO Box 1700 STN CSC 2300 McKenzie Avenue Victoria, BC > V8W 2Y2 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
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