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[cf-satellite] Proposal for naming convention for swath dimensions

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I suggested in the ESIP Federation CF-Satellite discussion yesterday (July 14, 2011) that the names "line" and "sample" could be good candidates for the names of the geometrical dimensions of swath data variables. I think that these are more generic than previous suggestions, and accommodate a wider range of data acquisition schemes. There can be sensors out there for which even these names are "incorrect", but the vast majority of the data is produced as a raster of some sort. This is common terminology in many other arenas (photogrammetry, for example). 

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Jim Biard

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Remote Sensing and Applications Division (RSAD)
National Climatic Data Center
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