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| + | |TermDesc=The purpose of the CF conventions is to create self-describing netCDF files: each variable in the file has an associated description of what it represents, each value can be located in space and time. An important benefit of a convention is that it enables software tools to display data and perform operations on specified subsets of the data with no user intervention. It is equally important that the metadata be easy for human users to write and to understand. | ||
| + | |Links=[[CF Conventions]], [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/standardized-region-names Standardized Geographic Region Names] | ||
| + | * [[CF Conventions]] | ||
| + | |Contributors=Brian Eaton, Jonathan Gregory, Bob Drach, Karl Taylor, Steve Hankin, John Caron, Rich Signell, Phil Bentley, Greg Rappa, [[CFpeople]]. | ||
| + | |History=The convention was designed by Brian Eaton, Jonathan Gregory, Bob Drach, Karl Taylor and Steve Hankin. [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.0/cf-conventions.html Version 1.0, 28 October, 2003], [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.1/cf-conventions.html Version 1.1, 17 January, 2008] [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.2/cf-conventions.html Version 1.2, 4 May, 2008] [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.3/cf-conventions.html Version 1.3, 7 November, 2008] [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.4/cf-conventions.html Version 1.4, 27 February, 2009] | ||
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| + | == Introduction == | ||
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| + | === Goals === | ||
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| + | == NetCDF Files and Components == | ||
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| + | === Filename === | ||
| + | === Data Types === | ||
| + | === Naming Conventions === | ||
| + | === Dimensions === | ||
| + | === Variables === | ||
| + | === Attributes === | ||
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| + | == Description of the Data == | ||
| + | === Units === | ||
| + | === Long Name === | ||
| + | === Standard Name === | ||
| + | === Ancillary Data === | ||
| + | === Flags === | ||
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| + | == Coordinate Types == | ||
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| + | === Latitude Coordinate=== | ||
| + | === Longitude Coordinate=== | ||
| + | === Vertical (Height or Depth) Coordinate === | ||
| + | === Time Coordinate === | ||
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| + | == Coordinate Systems == | ||
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| + | === Independent Latitude, Longitude, Vertical, and Time Axes === | ||
| + | === Two-Dimensional Latitude, Longitude, Coordinate Variables === | ||
| + | === Reduced Horizontal Grid=== | ||
| + | === Timeseries of Station Data=== | ||
| + | === Trajectories === | ||
| + | === Grid Mappings and ProjectionsHorizontal Coordinate Reference Systems, Grid Mappings, and Projections=== | ||
| + | === Scalar Coordinate Variables=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Labels and Alternative Coordinates == | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Labels=== | ||
| + | === Alternative Coordinates=== | ||
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| + | == Data Representative of Cells == | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Cell Boundaries=== | ||
| + | === Cell Measures=== | ||
| + | === Cell Methods=== | ||
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| + | === Climatological Statistics=== | ||
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| + | == Reduction of Dataset Size == | ||
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| + | === Packed Data=== | ||
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| + | === Compression by Gathering=== | ||
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CF_Coordinate_Conventions Description: The purpose of the CF conventions is to create self-describing netCDF files: each variable in the file has an associated description of what it represents, each value can be located in space and time. An important benefit of a convention is that it enables software tools to display data and perform operations on specified subsets of the data with no user intervention. It is equally important that the metadata be easy for human users to write and to understand.
Glossary Domain: WCS, HTAP
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[[Links::CF Conventions, Standardized Geographic Region Names
Contributors
[[Contributors::Brian Eaton, Jonathan Gregory, Bob Drach, Karl Taylor, Steve Hankin, John Caron, Rich Signell, Phil Bentley, Greg Rappa, CFpeople.]]
History
[[History::The convention was designed by Brian Eaton, Jonathan Gregory, Bob Drach, Karl Taylor and Steve Hankin. Version 1.0, 28 October, 2003, Version 1.1, 17 January, 2008 Version 1.2, 4 May, 2008 Version 1.3, 7 November, 2008 Version 1.4, 27 February, 2009]]
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