1.8 CF Standard Names: Cloud Binary Mask (cloud_binary_mask)

Record Label : cloud_binary_mask

Record Title : Cloud Binary Mask

CF Standard Name : cloud_binary_mask

Record Description : X_binary_mask has 1 where condition X is met, 0 elsewhere. 1 = cloud present, 0 = cloud absent (clear). If no threshold is supplied, the binary mask is 1 if there is any non-zero amount of cloud. if a threshold is supplied, it should be specified by associating a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable with the data variable and giving the coordinate variable a standard name of cloud_area_fraction. The values of the coordinate variable are the threshold values for the corresponding subarrays of the data variable.

Canonical Units : 1