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CF gives guidelines on constructing standard names: http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/guidelines CF standard name table has "latitude", "longitude", "depth" & "time" as standard_names for specifying spatio-temporal coordinates. Why not just use "swath"? Upendra ----- Original Message ----- From: Russ Rew <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:25 am Subject: Re: [cf-satellite] Proposal for naming convention for swath dimensions > > I suggested in the ESIP Federation CF-Satellite discussion > yesterday > > (July 14, 2011) that the names "line" and "sample" could be good > > candidates for the names of the geometrical dimensions of swath > data > > variables. I think that these are more generic than previous > > suggestions, and accommodate a wider range of data acquisition > schemes. > > There can be sensors out there for which even these names are > > "incorrect", but the vast majority of the data is produced as a > raster > > of some sort. This is common terminology in many other arenas > > (photogrammetry, for example). > > Actually, the CF Conventions don't standardize any dimension or > variablenames, according to the beginning of section 1.3: > > No variable or dimension names are standardized by this convention. > Instead we follow the lead of the NUG [NetCDF Users Guide] and > standardize only the names of attributes and some of the values > taken by those attributes. > > So "standard_name" attributes for the associated coordinate variables > may be what we need. This also has the advantage of permitting > multipleline and sample dimensions and multiple associated > coordinate variables > in the same file, for multiple instruments or resolutions. > > The process for getting standard names approved is simpler and faster > than writing CF Trac proposals for inclusion in the CF Conventions > text. > Although "line" and "sample" would be fine for dimension and > coordinatevariable names, I think they would be too generic for > standard names, > which have to be very descriptive. Does anyone else familiar with the > CF idioms and customs for standard names for coordinate variables and > have more descriptive suggestions? > > --Russ > > > -- > > Jim Biard > > > > Government Contractor, STG Inc. > > Remote Sensing and Applications Division (RSAD) > > National Climatic Data Center > > 151 Patton Ave. > > Asheville, NC 28801-5001 > > > > jim.biard@xxxxxxxx > > 828-271-4900 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cf-satellite mailing list > > cf-satellite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ma> iling_lists/ > > _______________________________________________ > cf-satellite mailing list > cf-satellite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/
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