Dear Randy
In the case of
GOES-R, the ground system will not know what type of fire it is.
OK, I see. What types of fire could it be? I am sure we can choose a word for
it. I think fire would not normally be understood to include volcano, for
example, but perhaps a volcano looks like fire to
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Folks:
The current area_type table includes cloud, snow, and vegetation.
These are environmental conditions whose existence and location vary over
time.
In GOES-R, we
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Subject: [CF-metadata] a conceptual question about area_types
Dear Randy
Yes, I would say that fire could be an area type, except that it would be
nice
to be more specific about it. Does it mean wildfire
Folks:
The current area_type table includes cloud, snow, and vegetation. These
are environmental conditions whose existence and location vary over time.
In GOES-R, we are generating rainfall, fire, aerosol (smoke and dust), and
volcanic ash product files. These product files contain
