Section: 9.1 CF Attributes

9.1 CF Attributes

Examples of the attributes CF defines to describe netCDF data and represent the intent of the data provider.

CF currently includes conventions for

Data provenance: title, institution, contact, source (e.g model), history (audit trail of operations), references, comment
Description of associated activity: project, experiment
Description of data: units, standard_name, long_name, auxiliary_variables, missing_value, valid_range, flag_values, flag_meanings
Coordinate systems: coordinates, bounds, grid_mapping (with formula_terms); time specified with reference_time ("time since T0") and calendar attributes
Data cell properties and methods: cell_methods, cell_measures, and climatological statistics