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Dear Mike,
Thanks for your helpful comments.
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 5:20 AM, Mike Grant <mggr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> platform_zenith_angle seems to already be in.
Indeed, I will remove that name from the list and add the definition
of platform to the rest of platform_* names.
> The central_wavelength, etc seem useful, but perhaps the description
> might be made more generic by not referring to bands, or the name made
> clearly specific to banded-sensors (e.g. sensor_band_central_wavelength
> like the sensor_band_identifier)
I agree, will prefix those names with "sensor_band_".
> The basic toa ones look good, though I'm a bit unsure about the naming
> of those referring to areas - this might be just that it's the same
> physical quantity (which the standard name represents) at a particular
> location, with the only difference being the intended use /
> sensor-specific data gathering conditions. I guess this makes sense
> though I don't know if the CF guys would go for it.
>
> Either way, it might be nice to beef up the descriptions a bit for
> non-specialists and perhaps remove the implicit requirement for a
> pixel-based sensor. e.g. "The mean of all
> toa_outgoing_spectral_radiance observations made within a collocation
> target. Collocation target is an area on the Earth's surface at which
> comparable? observations from at least two sensors are collected. Its
> size is defined by the observation with the largest field of view
> footprint.". I think this misses some of the subtleties, but perhaps
> conveys my point.
I think those names are good and simplifying them further may lead to
loosing the true meaning for both the subject experts and laymen. The
names do not apply to only pixel-based sensors since they mention
"adjacent field of views". The method for producing those adjacent
FOVs is not implied.
-Aleksandar
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