Dear David and Jon "accumulation" is certainly extensive, but I think it is rather specific - this method might not be an accumulation, which is a sort of integral. But I agree that it should be a noun. It's being opposed to the "point" method. What about "cell" or "extent"?
Best wishes Jonathan ----- Forwarded message from David Hassell <[email protected]> ----- > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 21:14:20 +0100 > From: David Hassell <[email protected]> > To: Jon Blower <[email protected]> > CC: Jonathan Gregory <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Recording "day of year on which something happens" > > Hello, > > I'm happy with the terms and definitions in appendix E as they stand, but > if there were to be a synonym, I think that it should be a noun like all of > the others. That would rule out "extensive" - what about "accumulation"? > > All the best, > > David > > On 31 March 2017 at 14:15, Jon Blower <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Jonathan, > > > > Thanks for this. I do find it a bit confusing but I guess we have to weigh > > up the impact of the possible confusion with that of introducing a new > > term. And if the term is to be taken as an exact synonym of “sum” (in the > > CF context) then perhaps it only has cosmetic value (assuming that “sum” is > > currently defined in such a way that it does the job we need). > > > > What would people think if we introduced a cell_method of “extensive” to > > mean a quantity that applies over the extent of the cell? > > > > Best wishes,Jon > > > > On 24/03/2017 16:54, "Jonathan Gregory" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear Jon et al. > > > > Just on the point of the cell_method of "sum". I understand that this > > could be > > misleading. The two default methods are point for intensive quantities > > and sum > > for extensive quantities. It doesn't literally mean it's a sum > > necessarily, but > > that it applies to the entire extent of the grid cell rather than a > > point > > within it. If this is unbearably confusing, perhaps we should > > introduce a new > > synonym for this cell_method. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Jonathan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CF-metadata mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > > > > > > -- > David Hassell > National Centre for Atmospheric Science > Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, > Earley Gate, PO Box 243, Reading RG6 6BB > Tel: +44 118 378 5613 > http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/ ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
