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#106: aneed additional area_types ---------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: [email protected] | Owner: [email protected] Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: medium | Milestone: Component: cf-conventions | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: ---------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by jonathan): Dear Randy Although there's no harm in having a trac ticket, I think we would regard the `area_type` table as part of the vocabulary of standard names and so changes to it can be agreed on the email list, without the more demanding rules of trac tickets. I think the principle of your proposal is fine. I think it is necessary to define what fire, smoke, etc. mean, and indicate how it is decided whether they occur. Whereas fire and smoke are definitely airborne, dust and volcanic ash might be misunderstood as referring to the nature of the surface, so perhaps more explicit phrases might be useful to indicate they are airborne? I note there are standard names containing the phrase `dust_dry_aerosol` - would this phrase, or perhaps `dust_aerosol`, be appropriate? I note that `raining` is a process, whereas all other area types are materials. You could say `rain`, I suppose. Cheers Jonathan -- Ticket URL: <https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/106#comment:1> CF Metadata <http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/> CF Metadata This message came from the CF Trac system. To unsubscribe, without unsubscribing to the regular cf-metadata list, send a message to "[email protected]" with "unsubscribe cf-metadata" in the body of your message.
