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

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Executive Editor Comment on "A CF data model and implementation"', Astrid Kerkweg, 18 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to short comment 1 (SC1)', David Hassell, 21 Jul 2017
RC1: 'Review of GMD-2017-154 CF data model and implementation David Hassell, Jonathan Gregory, Jon Blower, Bryan N. Lawrence, and Karl E. Taylor', V. Balaji, 04 Aug 2017
RC2: 'Review of gmd-2017-154', Brian Eaton, 17 Aug 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by David Hassell on behalf of the Authors (31 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Nov 2017) by Steve Easterbrook

AR by David Hassell on behalf of the Authors (09 Nov 2017) Manuscript

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.