Re: [CF-metadata] Another CF complaince checker -- from IOOS --- with some issues

2017-07-21 Thread John Graybeal
Agree with the overall thread. Having well-documented examples in either sense is a great step. The examples on the NOAA site (sorry, imprecise reference without my computer handy) showing how to structure and document different kinds of marine observations might be a good start for such a

Re: [CF-metadata] Another CF complaince checker -- from IOOS --- with some issues

2017-07-21 Thread Chris Barker
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote: > perhaps it would be possible for > us to maintain a netCDF file containing an example of every possible > violation of a requirement or recommendation in the CF conformance > document, > Without thinking it

Re: [CF-metadata] Sign convention of upwelling and downwelling fluxes

2017-07-21 Thread Lowry, Roy K.
Ditto. Please note that I partially retired on 01/11/2015. I am now only working 7.5 hours a week and can only guarantee e-mail response on Wednesdays, my day in the office. All vocabulary queries should be sent to enquir...@bodc.ac.uk. Please also use this e-mail if your requirement is

Re: [CF-metadata] Sign convention of upwelling and downwelling fluxes

2017-07-21 Thread Karl Taylor
Yes I agree. Karl On 7/21/17 2:41 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote: Dear Martin The words upwelling and downwelling were chosen specifically with the intention of indicating the sign convention! Upwelling means positive upwards, downwelling means positive downwards, in standard names. If that's not

Re: [CF-metadata] Another CF complaince checker -- from IOOS --- with some issues

2017-07-21 Thread Antonio S . Cofiño
On 20/07/17 14:45, Jonathan Gregory wrote: Dear Martin I don't think it's practicable for the CF community to undertake to verify applications as CF-compliant, just as we can't do it with datasets. There are many datasets in existence which claim to be CF-compliant but are not. I'm agree with

[CF-metadata] [CF Metadata] CF trac ticket summary update

2017-07-21 Thread David Hassell
Hello, ​ ​The summary of CF Metadata Trac tickets has been updated for the ​ 19th Julyh 2017 (http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~david/cf_trac_summary.html). This page is also linked from the​ CF home page (http://cfconventions.org/). ​ Currently: ​33​​ ​tickets have been accepted [green] ​​2​​

[CF-metadata] Sign convention of upwelling and downwelling fluxes

2017-07-21 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Martin The words upwelling and downwelling were chosen specifically with the intention of indicating the sign convention! Upwelling means positive upwards, downwelling means positive downwards, in standard names. If that's not clear in the definitions, we should clarify them. Best wishes

[CF-metadata] Sign convention of upwelling and downwelling fluxes

2017-07-21 Thread martin.juckes
Hello All, there are standard names for a number of upwelling and downwelling fluxes, defined clearly as the component of radiation which is travelling upwards or downwards. The sign convention of these fluxes is not specified .. CMIP uses the convention that downwelling is positive down and