# Title Include Swath Data Encodings in the CF Document
# Moderator No one yet. Volunteers welcome. # Moderator Status Review [last updated: YY/MM/DD] Awaiting a moderator. See above. # Requirement Summary This proposal was presented at several past CF workshops during the course of its development. It has also been vetted by a number of subject matter experts. Given that it does not require any change of the data model or the conventions current text, it probably would fit best as a new appendix, similar to the current Appendix H for Discrete Sampling Geometries. # Technical Proposal Summary Earth Science swath data originates as electromagnetic radiation collected from a specific direction into a solid angle and then measured at a number of electromagnetic spectrum intervals. The combination of the direction, the solid angle, and the instrument data acquisition settings defines one observation. At any given instant an instrument sweeps over an area of the Earth while its platform (an object carrying such instrument) moves. Successive observations are usually combined to cover a larger portion of the Earth. When these successive observations are plotted on maps they appear to cover a swath on the Earth’s surface, hence the name for this type of data. The proposed encodings are independent from the observation method and are applicable to swath data acquired by instruments on either satellites, airplanes, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). # Benefits All providers and users of remotely sensed geoscience data from satellites, airplanes, or UAVs. # Status Quo Swath data remains unsupported by the CF conventions. # Detailed Proposal The proposal is at https://github.com/Unidata/EC-netCDF-CF/blob/master/swath/swath.adoc. The new text for the conventions document will be based on the content in Sections 2.3 through 2.6. -- 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/269 This list forwards relevant notifications from Github. It is distinct from [email protected], 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 [email protected].
