NCAS Radar Data Standard

Documentation for ncas-radar-data-standard.

• Overview
  • FAIR Principles
  • NetCDF
• Filename conventions
• NetCDF conventions
  • Sub-conventions
• Overview of data content
  • Attributes required by CfRadial-1.4
  • Attributes required by NCAS-Radar-1.0 that are optional in CfRadial-1.4
  • Additional attributes required by NCAS-Radar-1.0
  • Special case of a stationary vertically pointing radar
• Dimensions
• Global Variables
• Coordinate Variables
  • Attributes for the time coordinate variable
  • Attributes for the range coordinate variable
• Location Variables
• Sweep Variables
• Moments Field Data Variables
  • Quality control
• Naming of variables
  • Table of field variables and proposed standard names
  • Table of metadata variables with strict names and suggested long names
• References