CF Naming Conventions

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CF_Naming_Conventions Description: Metadata conventions supporting interoperability for earth science data from different sources containing model output and observational datasets. It was developed for encoding Climate and weather Forecast metadata in netCDF files. In this context it is used for standard naming of air quality/atmospheric composition parameters.

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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. Names in the table are constructed following CF Naming guidelines. A central element of the CF Conventions is the CF Standard Name Tablem which uniquely associates a standard name with each geophysical parameter

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

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