[CF-metadata] standard name for position

[Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo]

Hello Jonathan,

I agree with you. This coordinate is defined in the MIP tables for CMIP5
but the standard name is missing (the MIP name is 'location'). My
understanding is that all CMIP5 variable and coordinate names have to be
mapped to CF standard names, but I'm not 100% sure about this. I will
find out whether a standard name is always required.

Thanks,

Alejandro

On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 08:58 +0100, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear Alejandro
> 
> Ah, I see. No, I don't think there is a standard name for that. If the index
> had some meaning e.g. if it was a standardised station number, a standard name
> could indicate that. If it is purely an index with no intrinsic meaning, I am
> not sure that it would add any information to give it a standard name. What do
> you think? In a sense, I would say that the variable exists only because it is
> not possible to construct the netCDF file without it. All you're really
> interested in is its dimension.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Jonathan
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