Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] udunits supports ppm, but documentation states it does not (#260)

2020-04-24 Thread Dave Allured
I support the original request. CF should accept well known units such as ppm and ppmv without error, warning, or prejudice. These only improve the information content, not detract. Such units are more meaningful to humans than current recommendations like "1" and "1e-6". -- You are

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Add info about how the latest spec is built to README (#262)

2020-04-24 Thread Daniel Lee
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Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] add latest spec build info to READEME (#263)

2020-04-24 Thread Daniel Lee
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Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] add latest spec build info to READEME (#263)

2020-04-24 Thread Daniel Lee
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[CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Add info about how the latest spec is built to README (#262)

2020-04-24 Thread David Blodgett
It's not clear how this repository relates to the github.io web page and how the travis build publishes that latest spec. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] udunits supports ppm, but documentation states it does not (#260)

2020-04-24 Thread JonathanGregory
The last point, raised by Ryan @dopplershift, is of course a reasonable question and has been raised before. If others agree with my answer, we should put it in the FAQ. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] udunits supports ppm, but documentation states it does not (#260)

2020-04-24 Thread JonathanGregory
I agree with what has been said by @martinjuckes, @cameronsmith1 and @roy-lowry. I don't think dimensionless units should be used to distinguish between dimensionless quantities, since that's the purpose of standard names, but Roy's preference for explicitly describing the dimensionless ratios

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Dead links to GRIB tables at end of section 3.3 (#261)

2020-04-24 Thread Øystein Godøy
> Now, however (twenty years later), standard names are well-established in > their own right, I would say, and the mapping between different metadata > standards belongs better outside the standard, in neutral territory. I fully agree with this and the activities of ENVO are better suited for

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Dead links to GRIB tables at end of section 3.3 (#261)

2020-04-24 Thread JonathanGregory
Thanks you for raising this, Lars. I support your initiative to do something about it. I agree that doing nothing but updating the links would be to correct a defect. Going further than that would be an enhancement, as you say, and I agree with others that we should do so. As far as I know,