[netCDF #XMR-419625]: NetCDF - GOES programme

Hi Harald,

> As we discussed briefly, we are planning to introduce NetCDF as a common
> standard format for all of our GEO and LEO satellite products on offer
> from the Data Centre. In order to make sure that the implementation
> is done properly, i.e downstream applications such as McIDAS or
> IDV etc. can be used directly, we want to follow existing standards
> (NetCD CF conventions) or propose them if necessary.  In this context
> you mentioned similar work being done in the GOES-R environment.
> I would very much like to get in touch with the colleagues in NOAA to
> see what they have done or have in mind.
> 
> It would be great if you could help me here and put me in touch with
> the relevant people.

I'm appending information about a mailing list that we recently set up for
discussion of developing CF conventions for satellite data and products.
Please join this mailing list and participate in the discussions, so we can
all benefit from collaborating and pooling our knowledge to draft 
conventions, best practices, and standards for storing and accessing such 
data.

--Russ

  Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:23:11 -0600
  From: John Caron <address@hidden>
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  Subject: [cf-satellite] CF satellite discussion group
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  Heres what has been said so far:

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  This is an introductory email to introduce everyone and start an
  ad-hoc group to discuss CF conventions for satellite data. Feel free
  to forward this to anyone else appropriate.

  As background, Russ and I attended a meeting last week called by John
  Bates, head of the satellite division at NCDC. One of the outcomes of
  that was to get one of his engineers, Ken Roberts, started on the task
  of marshalling a CF convention for satellite data though the CF
  standards process. Ken will also work on software in the CDM stack to
  implement whatever that standard requires.

  Meanwhile, the CDM/IDV groups here at Unidata have been having an
  ongoing discussion with SSEC about various issues in reading satellite
  data through the CDM and IDV stacks. SSEC also has resources to
  contribute to this problem. So I propose that we form an ad-hoc
  working group to collaborate and make some progress together.

  In terms of process, we can host an email group here so anyone who
  wants to follow the conversation can just join or look at the email
  archives, etc. Once we have a CF proposal, we would then move the
  discussion onto the CF TRAC site.

  Once we have that email group set up, it would be helpful (to me) if
  the NOAA group and the SSEC group (and anyone else) would briefly
  introduce themselves, and clarify their immediate interests, specific
  datasets, resources and expertise they can provide, etc. Lets think in
  terms of goals and realistic deliverables in, say, a 6 month
  time-frame.

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  Please post further discussion to this group. thanks!

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XMR-419625
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed