[Go-essp-tech] Extending the DRS syntax to observations

[Cinquini, Luca (3880)]

Hi Renata,
	these attributes seem like a good idea to me. It is beyond what the models have, but the nature of these observational data is that they come from some other data... 
thanks, Luca

On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Renata McCoy wrote:

> Hi Chris, Luca,
> 
> It could also be a requested attribute of a variable. I propose adding the following attributes (CMOR table specified attribute) for each variable:
>   -- source   (a string description of a specific source of the measurement)
>   -- source_datastream  (file datastream identifier with the version) 
>   -- source_url  (a reference url for the source data)
> 
> Greetings,
> Renata
> 
> 
> On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Cinquini, Luca (3880) wrote:
> 
>> Hi Chris,
>> 	good question. My feeling is that this information is too complex to be encoded as part of the file names or directory structure, and should probably go into two places:
>> 
>> o The tech note that is associated with each dataset
>> o Perhaps, a global attribute that is encoded in the netcdf files themselves (which can be harvested and displayed on the web interface)
>> 
>> What's your opinion ?
>> 
>> thanks, Luca
>> 
>> On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) wrote:
>> 
>>> Luca,
>>> Where do you make visible the information that those files were generated by the AIRS processing software version 5.2.2, or alternatively that it is Collection 5 AIRS and not Collection 3 AIRS?  These distinctions are rather critical w.r.t. the content of the data...
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The values for the various fields <agency>, <mission>, <instrument> and <processing level> would need to be selected from a controlled vocabulary similar to the one established for models.
>>>> 
>>>> Any comment or insight on the matter is appreciated.... The idea is to try to finalize the specification relatively quickly, let's say a couple of weeks, so that we can start preparing
>>>> and publishing these observations into the CMIP5 archive.
>>>> 
>>>> thanks in advance,
>>>> 
>>>> Luca
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Dr. Christopher Lynnes     NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2    phone: 301-614-5185
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