A data model of the Climate and Forecast metadata conventions (CF-1.6) with a software implementation (cf-python v2.1)

Hassell, David; Gregory, Jonathan; Blower, Jon; Lawrence, Bryan N.; Taylor, Karl E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4619-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4619-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4619-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

Methods for assessment of models

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19 Dec 2017

Methods for assessment of models |

| 19 Dec 2017

A data model of the Climate and Forecast metadata conventions (CF-1.6) with a software implementation (cf-python v2.1)

David Hassell, Jonathan Gregory, Jon Blower, Bryan N. Lawrence, and Karl E. Taylor

Model code and software

cf-python D. Hassell and J. Gregory https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.832255

Short summary

We present a formal data model for version 1.6 of the CF (Climate and Forecast) metadata conventions that provide a description of the physical meaning of geoscientific data and their spatial and temporal properties. We describe the CF conventions and how they lead to our CF data model, and compare it other data models for storing data and metadata. We present cf-python version 2.1: a software implementation of the CF data model capable of manipulating any CF-compliant dataset.