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Hi Rudi... I don't have a problem in using a 3rd "coordinate axis type" of "polarization"....but since I am not at all familiar with this, I don't know if that alone meets the need...? tom On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Rudi Gens <rudigens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tom, > > Nice summary! > > Just like to add something to the proposal. You assumed that the > bands/channels always differ by their wavelength. While that might be the > case in most cases, this is not necessarily the case. I am working with > multi-band SAR data and those bands do not differ by their wavelength but > their polarization. It would be nice if we could cover this in the proposal > as well. I can't imagine there would be too much of a problem with adding > another standard name and coordinate axis type for polarization. > > I personally think that the dimensional approach to bands makes more sense > but even the alternative would be a step into the right direction. > > -- > Best regards, > Rudi > Alaska Satellite Facility, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska > Fairbanks > 903 Koyukuk Dr., P.O. Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, USA > Phone: 1-907-4747621 Fax: 1-907-4746441 > Email: rgens@xxxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~rgens > > _______________________________________________ > cf-satellite mailing list > cf-satellite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/ > > -- Tom Whittaker University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) 1225 W. Dayton Street Madison, WI 53706 USA ph: +1 608 262 2759
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