Climate and Forecast Metadata Conventions: Difference between revisions

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The Climate and Forecast (CF) [[metadata]] conventions are conventions for the description of [[Earth sciences]] data, intended to promote the processing and sharing of [[data file]]s. The metadata defined by the CF conventions are generally included in the same file as the data, thus making the file "self-describing". The conventions provide a definitive description of what the data values found in each [[NetCDFnetCDF]] variable represent, and of the spatial and temporal properties of the data, including information about grids, such as grid cell bounds and cell averaging methods. This enables users of files from different sources to decide which variables are comparable, and is a basis for building software applications with powerful [[data extraction]], grid remapping, [[data analysis]], and [[data visualization]] capabilities.

==History and Evolution==

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===Supported Data Formats===

CF originated as a standard for data written in [[NetCDFnetCDF]], but its structure is general and it has been adapted for use with other data formats. For example, using the CF conventions with [[Hierarchical Data Format]] data has been explored <ref>{{cite news

| author = Yang, M., R. Duerr, C. Lee

| year = 2009