cf extensions for satellite data
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CF extensions for satellite data. ESIP Summer Meeting 2012. Possible extensions circa Winter 2011. 1. Spectral bands Define as dimension rather than coordinate variable Pre-define band names Pre-define by wavelength/frequency range Proposal by Tom Whittaker 2. Data quality - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CF extensions for satellite data
ESIP Summer Meeting 2012
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Possible extensions circa Winter 2011
1. Spectral bands Define as dimension rather than coordinate variable Pre-define band names Pre-define by wavelength/frequency range Proposal by Tom Whittaker
2. Data quality Modifiers such as "percent_cloud_free"
3. Level 3-specific Local/solar time
4. Level 2-specific Orbital parameters/swath geometry
5. Level 1-specific Calibration tables/engineering parameters
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Whittaker proposal for spectral bands
Create two coordinate axis types ("wavelength" and "wavenumber") that can be recognized by the NetCDF library as defining a "spectral coordinate".
Similar to time dimension variable New standard names also needed
center_wavelength, or wavelength center_wavenumber, or wavenumber
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