quick question about map projections

[John Caron]

Hi Tom:

We dont have that one, but it looks like an easy one to do if anyone there is so inclined (at least on the sphere). Even if not, I would be interested in knowing what they use it for, and if they use a sphere or ellipsoidal earth.

BTW, thanks for reminding me about

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/reference/StandardCoordinateTransforms.html 

i will try to complete that document and keep it up to date....

Tom Whittaker wrote:
> Hi John...
> 
> One of our collaborators would like us to create NetCDF files of
> satellite data using
> a "cylindrical equal area" projection.
> 
> I could not find any metadata in the CF conventions that would
> directly support this, but I thought before I told them we would be
> supplying lat/lon per point in the file (for complying with CF
> conventions), I would check to see if you had built this in to the CDM.
> 
> The only reference I could find about what is supported is:
> <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/reference/StandardCoordinateTransforms.html> 
> 
> 
> A simple "no, not supported" is really all I need...thanks!  (On the
> other hand, if it is supported,
> then I guess I'll need to know the specifics of the metadata.... ;-)
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> tom
>