The Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions are a widely used standard for atmospheric, ocean, and climate data.
Documents maintained at www.cfconventions.org specify a community standard that supports interoperability.
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Goals
The CF Conventions have evolved and expanded since 1.0 release in 2003 but maintain their original goals. |
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CF Benefits
Using CF Conventions provides these benefits |
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CF Attributes
CF is implemented using netCDF attributes. |
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Where is CF Metadata Used?
CF has been widely adopted by many earth-science projects and groups. CF is also supported or required by various software packages for analysis and visualization. |
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A Brief History of CF
How a community standard gets established from the bottom up, with agreement on open processes for evolving conventions and reaching consensus. |
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Principles
The CF conventions follow five general principles. |
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CF Standard Names
The CF Standard Name Table version 20 currently includes over 2400 entries, from " age_of_sea_ice" to "zenith_angle". |
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CF Appendices as references
The CF Appendices are very useful references. |
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Future Directions for CF
The CF conventions grows as new needs arise, proposals are put forward, disucussions take place, and the proposals get accepted or rejected. |