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

• To: Jim Biard <Jim.Biard@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [cf-satellite] Proposal for naming convention for swath dimensions
• From: Mary Jo Brodzik <brodzik@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:58:42 -0600 (MDT)

Jim,

Mary Jo

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Mary Jo Brodzik, Special Projects Lead, 303-492-8263
NSIDC/CIRES, Univ. of Colo. at Boulder, 449 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Jim Biard wrote:

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:59:00 -0400
From: Jim Biard <Jim.Biard@xxxxxxxx>
To: cf-satellite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cf-satellite] Proposal for naming convention for swath dimensions

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

Government Contractor, STG Inc.
Remote Sensing and Applications Division (RSAD)
National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801-5001

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