[CF-metadata] cellmethods="lat: lon: mean over land"

[Karl Taylor]

Hi Jonathan,

Yes, CMOR does output cell_methods, as specified by the CMOR input table.

cheers,
Karl


Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear Karl
> 
> 
>>I don't have time to think about this right now, but are your 
>>conclusions consistent with what we decided to do for the AR4?  In 
>>particular, we should check the definitions given in:
>>http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/standard_output.html
> 
> 
> Yes, I believe so. You and I agreed on this, in order to be consistent with
> the AR4. The point was to recognise that we had been vague about what
> the "mean" method means. That's why you had to be prescriptive in the AR4
> diagnostic specification. Your spec amounts to deciding whether it is
> "mean over land/sea" or "mean". In future, the cell_methods should specify
> this correctly. Does CMOR generate cell_methods?
> 
> Possibly some standard_names with _where_ in them don't actually need it.
> That's not a problem as we can alias them to new names without _where_.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Jonathan
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