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|TermDesc=CF Metadata Conventions support interoperability of Earth Science data. A central element of the CF Conventions is the [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/standard-name-table/15/cf-standard-name-table.html Standard Name Table] which uniquely associates a standard name with each geophysical parameter.  The naming convention includes: units, standard_name, long_name, auxiliary_variables, missing_value, valid_range, flag_values, flag_meanings. The names in the table are constructed following CF Naming guidelines.
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|TermDesc=CF Metadata Conventions support interoperability of Earth Science data. A central element of the CF Conventions is the [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/standard-name-table/15/cf-standard-name-table.html Standard Name Table] which uniquely associates a standard name with each geophysical parameter.  The naming convention includes: units, standard_name, long_name, auxiliary_variables, missing_value, valid_range, flag_values, flag_meanings. The names in the table are constructed following CF Naming guidelines. Based on contributions from C. Textor and others, there are 680 registered Atmospheric Chemistry terms, mostly model variables. A corresponding set for observation variables is not yet available.
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|Contributors=* Christiane Textor,  
 
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CF_Naming_Conventions Description: [[TermDesc::CF Metadata Conventions support interoperability of Earth Science data. A central element of the CF Conventions is the Standard Name Table which uniquely associates a standard name with each geophysical parameter. The naming convention includes: units, standard_name, long_name, auxiliary_variables, missing_value, valid_range, flag_values, flag_meanings. The names in the table are constructed following CF Naming guidelines. Based on contributions from C. Textor and others, there are 680 registered Atmospheric Chemistry terms, mostly model variables. A corresponding set for observation variables is not yet available.]]

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Contributors

  • Christiane Textor,
  • Martin Schultz, FX Juelich


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Term Details

CF Convention Dimensions and Coordinate Information

Metadata required to locate data in space and time. Special on vertical coordinates (Kari, Decker, Martin). Coordinate (0-360 or -180 to +180) - Martin

CF Convention for Names for Air Quality and Atmospheric Composition

The CF standard name table specifies the possible values of the standard_name attribute defined by the CF NetCDF standard. As an example CF standard names, the entry for sea-level atmospheric pressure includes:

  • standard name: air_pressure_at_sea_level
  • description: sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the * quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.
  • canonical units: Pa

CF Convention for Provenance

List from the CF