Improve long names for AOD fields
A pull request for this has already been merged.
- #251 by @acollow — merged
- Dominant language
- Fortran
- Stars
- 29
- Forks
- 22
- Avg merge
- 1d 16h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 4
Description
Users are reporting confusion pertaining to AOD variables in MERRA-2 and asking for clarification between extinction and AOD. A minimally disruptive solution would be to update the long names. While updating variable names to, for example duaod550 instead of duexttau, would be beneficial, it would disrupt analysis as it makes it difficult to compare new and old versions.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the issue description and the merged pull request #251 to understand the intended long-name changes for the MERRA-2 AOD fields. Done should distinguish extinction from AOD in the long names without renaming variables such as duexttau or disrupting comparisons with older versions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- fortran
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100