Matt --
I think you're right -- CF grew out of COARDS which was "done" in the early 90s.
Like many "projects" that become "data providers" without expecting
to....and so they create metadata that makes sense for their (closed)
environment.
tom
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Matthew Foster <Matthew.Foster@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think a big part of the problem with AWIPS NetCDF is that AWIPS predates
> the CF convention by quite a bit (it looks like CF 1.0 came out in 2003) and
> even predates COARDS (1995?). There was probably some other convention
> around when AWIPS (WFO-Advanced) was under development, but I don't know
> what that would be.
>
> I could be mistaken in my timeline. Feel free to correct me if I have it
> wrong.
>
> Matt @ OUN
>
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