[CF-metadata] Encoding Errors on variables in CF

Jonathan Gregory jonathan.gregory at metoffice.com
Tue Mar 18 18:10:38 MST 2003


Dear Ag

> Has anyone created or suggested a standard way of encoding errors associated
> with a particular variable into CF?

I agree with your approach. Such quantities should have standard names and
should be separate data variables. We could include the required prefix in the
Transformations section of the guidelines. It's not quite a transformation but
it's a similar idea.

Could we be more accurate/precise than "error"? For instance, does it mean
"uncertainty"? Does it mean one standard deviation?

Best wishes

Jonathan


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