MetOffice / MetOffice/lfric_apps
Output files Time is not a Dimension Coordinate
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Description
### Are there any linked Issues or Pull Requests?
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### Brief description
The time coordinate isn't always a dimension coord in LFRic. Generally it is not
the I/O system tends to define a dimension called `time_counter` but a coordinate of `time_instant`
```CF
double time_instant(time_counter) ;
```
This is valid CF, but there are semantic difference between this and a dimension coordinate.
This issue shall explore potential for change, effort and impact. This is not infinitely configurable with XIOS.
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Research direction
Start by examining how LFRic output files define the time_counter dimension and time_instant coordinate, then review the relevant XIOS configuration and CF semantics. Determine whether changing the representation is feasible, what output and compatibility impacts it has, and record a clear recommendation or implementation scope.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- fortran
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- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100