I was interested in promoting some discussion on the use of the term ECV. This was also posted to the #ard slack channel.
A link in the ER defines ECVs exclusively in terms of CEOS / EO. Does that mean we cannot use this term in regards to climate model results such as we see in data cubes / NetCDF for things like Temperature, precipitation etc?
To me this is similar to the issue we have around the ARD term. While ARD initially evolved as a concept in the context of EO / CEOS, for the purposes of this pilot and DP23 many of us have agreed that it is useful to discuss ARD in the context of model outputs / data cubes, not just EO. It also seems to me that ECVs relate to the environmental variables need to describe weather and climate, but that there is no specific limitation on whether or not ECVs can apply to past, present or future.
I was interested in promoting some discussion on the use of the term ECV. This was also posted to the #ard slack channel. A link in the ER defines ECVs exclusively in terms of CEOS / EO. Does that mean we cannot use this term in regards to climate model results such as we see in data cubes / NetCDF for things like Temperature, precipitation etc?
To me this is similar to the issue we have around the ARD term. While ARD initially evolved as a concept in the context of EO / CEOS, for the purposes of this pilot and DP23 many of us have agreed that it is useful to discuss ARD in the context of model outputs / data cubes, not just EO. It also seems to me that ECVs relate to the environmental variables need to describe weather and climate, but that there is no specific limitation on whether or not ECVs can apply to past, present or future.
See: https://climatemonitoring.info/ecvinventory/ https://gcos.wmo.int/en/essential-climate-variables/about