Maybe instead of ' radar_quality_index' NCEI could use a more general
approach; an ancillary variable of radar_qc, and then a standard attribute
that describes how the QC variable is calculated.
As far as I know there's no way, currently, to provide such a
description in
a way that would be clear to data users, but this approach would avoid a
proliferation of quality_index standard names.
I don't know about different radar systems, but a very similar concept
could be
applied to ADCP data, perhaps by combining echo amplitude and percent good
to get a more 'complete' QC variable. We don't routinely do that, but it
might be
useful, if we had a standard way to document the meaning of the
resulting QC
value and the way it was calculated.
Cheers - Nan
On 10/5/17 1:00 PM, Jim Biard wrote:
Hi.
There needs to be a full definition of the quantity that is more
precise than the sentence below. Keep in mind that not every quantity
needs a standard name. I have one question in particular. Is this a
quantity that is comparable across different radars?
Grace and peace,
Jim
On 10/5/17 12:21 PM, Heather Brown - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
Folks,
Are there any opinion and/or thoughts to adding this standard name?
Thanks,
H
Heather Brown
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Brian Nelson - NOAA Federal
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I would like to request a standard name for a variable that
defines the quality of a ground based radar based on the combined
measure of beam blockage and the effects of vertical profile of
reflectivity.
There is no such standard name available nor does an existing one
meet the requirements.
The name should be: radar_quality_index
Units : dimensionless (1)
Thanks
Brian
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