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Hi Randy... It is highly desirable to distribute your products in netCDF files using structures that are already (or soon to be) defined in the CF Conventions. If your data will not fit these structures, then it's time to propose extensions to the conventions (as we are considering doing with the "band" dimension/coordinate that has been discussed here). Conventions for some things (units, scaling, etc) are well defined already. Other metadata that is specific to the specific data (for example, an attribute that specifies a spectral range) are best represented by something of your choosing, but employing a "standard_name" where available...or submitting the new one as a standard_name. Certainly, the standard_name can and probably should be one that is already widely accepted in the community. If you're going to have to give the files to people in the Climate community who are accustomed to netCDF/CF-compliant files, this will be important, as they may have processing software that understands the structure (and perhaps some of the attributes). Can you give us an example of what you have...and we can see what might fit already. tom On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Randy Horne <rhorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am working the GOES-R ground system. > > We have requirements to generate solar imagery products using NetCDF files. > > There is another self-describing file format (i.e. FITS) that already has the > necessary conventions for solar imagery. > > Assuming there is interest in augment the CF metadata conventions to support > solar imagery... > > I would think it makes sense to make use of FITS/WCS conventions/keywords as > applicable to establish necessary conventions for this type of data. > > Thoughts ? > > Note that we also have requirements to generate other level 1b space and > solar products used by the climate and forecast communities, and there is > likely a need for other metadata conventions to express these products in a > manner analogous to earth oriented products. > > > > > ..............End of Message ...............................--> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > cf-satellite mailing list > cf-satellite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/ -- Tom Whittaker University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) 1225 W. Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 USA ph: +1 608 262 2759
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