[CF-metadata] On scalar coordinate variables

2015-12-08 Thread martin.juckes
Hello, The CF Convention 1.6 and draft 1.7 both include, in the discussion of dimensions in Section 2.4, the statement that: "It is also acceptable to use a scalar coordinate variable which eliminates the need for an associated size one dimension in the data variable." However, the convention

Re: [CF-metadata] On scalar coordinate variables

2015-12-08 Thread David Hassell
Hello Martin, I think that a CF scalar coordinate variable is not a NUG-defined coordinate variable because it does not have the same name as a dimension. Nor is it a special type of CF coordinate variable, as was discussed in ticket #104 http://cf-trac.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/104 - it could be