[ESIP-CF] CF names for satellite data

[Armstrong, Edward M (388M)]

HI Alek,

Looks good to me. I concur with your modifications.




On Sep 14, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Aleksandar Jelenak wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Since no one commented on the last changes I made can I assume the
> proposed names are finalized and are ready for submission? I will
> bring up this issue at the web meeting next week in case anyone wishes
> to make last comments.
> 
>       -Aleksandar
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Aleksandar Jelenak
> <aleksandar.jelenak at noaa.gov> wrote:
>> At the last cluster web meeting there was a discussion on what terms
>> are best to use: "instrument" or "sensor", and "channel" or "band". I
>> was tasked to prepare some background information that could help in
>> deciding. After thinking about this a bit more I decided to save us
>> all some time (actually, a lot) by skipping that whole deliberation
>> process!
>> 
>> I decided to deprecate the usage of "instrument" and "channel" in
>> favor of "sensor" and "band" and the the proposed names already
>> reflect this:
>> 
>> http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Standard_Names_For_Satellite_Observations
>> 
>> I have also expanded a bit the definition of
>> central_(wavelenth|wavenumber) and introduced two new names:
>> sensor_scan_angle and platform_zenith_angle.
>> 
>> Here's the diff view of all the changes:
>> 
>> http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php?title=Standard_Names_For_Satellite_Observations&diff=40702&oldid=40473
>> 
>> Let me know what you think. We can certainly revert back if you prefer
>> to engage in long discussions with an uncertain final outcome.
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-ed

Ed Armstrong
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