As a developer, we need to agree the metadata that is sufficient for fully describing that a given field is a precipitation accumulation, and over what time period the precipitation accumulation is valid for.
Currently, the fact that a variable is an accumulation can be identified by:
- Variable name.
- Bounds on time coordinate.
- Cell method:
Cell methods:
mean: time (1 hour)However, not all of these variables persist, particularly, as it is possible for the cell methods to be replaced by subsequent processes being applied, which supersede the time mean cell method. We need to be clear, which of these metadata identifiers are mandatory to define an accumulation.
As a developer, we need to agree the metadata that is sufficient for fully describing that a given field is a precipitation accumulation, and over what time period the precipitation accumulation is valid for.
Currently, the fact that a variable is an accumulation can be identified by:
However, not all of these variables persist, particularly, as it is possible for the cell methods to be replaced by subsequent processes being applied, which supersede the
time meancell method. We need to be clear, which of these metadata identifiers are mandatory to define an accumulation.