Having blank spaces in names would break other CF conventions like use of the ancillary variables attribute.
"The attribute ancillary_variables is used to express these types of relationships. It is a string attribute whose value is a blank separated list of variable names. " How to parse this? float q_error_limit(time) q_error_limit:standard_name = "specific humidity standard error" ; q_error_limit:units = "g/g" ; -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/237#issuecomment-579373394 This list forwards relevant notifications from Github. It is distinct from cf-metad...@cgd.ucar.edu, although if you do nothing, a subscription to the UCAR list will result in a subscription to this list. To unsubscribe from this list only, send a message to cf-metadata-unsubscribe-requ...@listserv.llnl.gov.