Climate and Forecast Metadata Conventions

• Name: Climate and Forecast Metadata Conventions
• Short Name: CF
• Description: The conventions for CF (Climate and Forecast) metadata are designed to promote the processing and sharing of files created with the NetCDF API. The CF conventions are increasingly gaining acceptance and have been adopted by a number of projects and groups as a primary standard.
• Web Link: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/metadata-standards/cf-climate-and-forecast-metadata-conventions
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• Disciplines: Climatology, Earth Science
• Keywords: climate data, netCDF