Dear Martin, Thanks for proposing the new names. They are probabilities, as Jonathan says.
Regards, Alejandro > -----Original Message----- > From: CF-metadata [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Gregory > Sent: 03 November 2016 22:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CF-metadata] New Standard Names: frequency_distribution_..... and > fractional_X_over_Y > > Dear Martin > > Thanks for your email. Re > > old names: > > histogram_of_backscattering_ratio_over_height_above_reference_ellipsoid > > > histogram_of_equivalent_reflectivity_factor_over_height_above_reference_ellipsoid > > > > Proposed new names: > > frequency_distribution_of_backscattering_ratio > > frequency_distribution_of_equivalent_reflectivity_factor > > Perhaps I misunderstood, but I think these are probabilities, aren't they? > Alejandro said they are numbers between 0 and 1. > > > fractional_cloud_area_fraction_over_cloud_top_altitude_and_optical_depth > > By the same argument as for the probabilies, we do not need the over_* part, > I think. The dependence of the quantity on cloud top altitude and optical > depth > will be indicated by its having coordinates in these quantities. Therefore > can't we use the existing standard name cloud_area_fraction for this? > > Best wishes > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
