CF

The CF Standards Cluster

Objectives

Propose extensions to the CF naming conventions that are relevant to observational data

Create use cases and interoperability demos that demonstrate the value of CF usage in remote sensing

Provide tutorials at Federation meetings on the use of the CF conventions

Get Involved: Monthly Telecons

Next telecon:

Tuesday Jan 17, 2pm ET / 11am PT

Dial: 877-668-4493

Access code: 23138379

Agenda:

HDF-EOS / CF Conversion Table

Summer Meeting Plans/ Technical Workshop showing CF-aware tools

CF extensions needed for Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 data

Minutes of past telecons/meetings:

Possible CF Extensions

1. Spectral bands

Define as dimension rather than coordinate variable

Pre-define band names

Pre-define by wavelength/frequency range

Proposal by Tom Whittaker

2. Data quality

Modifiers such as "percent_cloud_free"

3. Node

Daytime/nightttime

4. Level 2-specific

Orbital parameters/swath geometry

5. Level 1-specific

Calibration tables/engineering parameters

CF-Aware Tools

H4CF Conversion Library- provides CF-compliant access to HDF4 and HDF-EOS2 files

Join the Cluster e-mail list

http://www.lists.esipfed.org/mailman/listinfo/esip-cf

External Links

CF Home Page

http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov

Read the CF-satellite archives (UCAR):

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/cf-satellite

Join the CF-satellite e-mail list (UCAR):

http://mailman.unidata.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-satellite

NCAR's proposed CF-compliant format for fixed and mobile radars and lidars (Cf/Radial):

http://www.ral.ucar.edu/projects/titan/docs/radial_formats/cfradial.html

Governance

Interim Chair: Rob Raskin raskin at jpl.nasa.gov