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Name

Climate and Forecast Metadata Conventions

alternativ Name

CF

Web Link

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/metadata-standards/cf-climate-and-forecast-metadata-conventions

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.

Used by Disciplines

Climatology, Earth Science

Keywords

climate data, netCDF