Hi Steve,
I'm afraid I don't understand your comment. When I search for "fraction" in the NIST document I find it defined as being a ratio, which is inconsistent with the current CF usage. The CF standard name concept "area_fraction" is not what NIST or others understand as a "fraction". I'm suggesting a change to remove this inconsistency, regards, Martin ________________________________ From: Steven Emmerson <[email protected]> Sent: 30 January 2019 17:27 To: Juckes, Martin (STFC,RAL,RALSP) Cc: CF-metadata ([email protected]) Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Putting the units in a CF standard name: area_fraction On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:36 AM Martin Juckes - UKRI STFC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Could we avoid this confusion in the future by replacing the term with a more neutral term, such as "area_cover"? That would be inconsistent with the NIST recommendation. See <https://www.nist.gov/physical-measurement-laboratory/nist-guide-si-chapter-8>. Search for "fraction". Regards, Steve Emmerson _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
