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<br><div><div>On Feb 8, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Cinquini, Luca (3880) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi all,<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I would like to propose to have a conference call to discuss and hopefully resolve any remaining issues concerning metadata conventions for CMIP5 observations. Would anybody object if we had this call in only two days, next Thursday February 10, at 8am PST/11am EST - which I think is is 4pm in the UK and 5pm in France and Germany ? If this is too soon, we could postpone till next week.<br><br>As a remainder, this is the URL of the current proposal:<br><br><a href="http://oodt.jpl.nasa.gov/wiki/display/CLIMATE/Data+and+Metadata+Requirements+for+CMIP5+Observational+Datasets">http://oodt.jpl.nasa.gov/wiki/display/CLIMATE/Data+and+Metadata+Requirements+for+CMIP5+Observational+Datasets</a><br><br>which at the very beginning contains a summary of the issues still open. Please reply if you can't make the meeting and you really would like to attend, or if you think there are other issues to discuss.<br><br>Best regards,<br>thanks, Luca<br><br>P.S.: if the conference is a go, we'll setup a phone line....<br><br><br>On Feb 2, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 2, 2011, at 5:08 PM, Cinquini, Luca (3880) wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hi Chris and George,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>thanks for your input... I guess the question is wether you would be opposed to re-arranging the fields according to an order that is commonly agreed upon (and that possibly resembles the DRS structure for models), provided that all the relevant information is included ?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Since my philosophy is to tailor for the expected user community, I defer to you and your colleagues regarding the order, since you know the community. My main interest is just ensuring the inclusion of the relevant information.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I think at this point we might be able to make faster progress by organizing a conference call to discuss these issues... <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">thanks, Luca<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 2, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 2, 2011, at 4:26 PM, George J. Huffman wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">There are other variables that could go in the last position since the<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">original datasets contain multiple variables as "fields". I should say<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">that the Goddard DISC puts Level before Instrument, and you might want<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">to consider why they did that. [This is mostly an issue if you're<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">trying to build a syntax that is generally useful, not just focused on<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">gridded data.]<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">We (at Goddard DISC) put Level before Instrument because we anticipate that the user community for Level 3 gridded data is somewhat distinct than for Level 2 or Level 1 swath data, which require considerably more sophisticated and customized tools to work with than Level 3. I don't know if that is as relevant in the CMIP5 context as in our more generalized search interface (as George implies.)<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Dr. Christopher Lynnes NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2 phone: 301-614-5185<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Dr. Christopher Lynnes NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2 phone: 301-614-5185<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>