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A data model of the Climate and Forecast metadata conventions (CF-1.6) with a software implementation (cf-python v2.1)
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of
Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Jonathan Gregory
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of
Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, Exeter, UK
Jon Blower
Institute for Environmental Analytics, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Bryan N. Lawrence
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of
Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Karl E. Taylor
Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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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.
We present a formal data model for version 1.6 of the CF (Climate and Forecast) metadata...