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7th International Congress on Environmental
Modelling and Software
Jun 16th, 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
The CSDMS Standard Names: Cross-Domain
Naming Conventions for Describing Process
Models, Data Sets and Their Associated Variables
Scott D. Peckham
University of Colorado, INSTAAR, [email protected]
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Scott D. Peckham, "The CSDMS Standard Names: Cross-Domain Naming Conventions for Describing Process Models, Data Sets and
Their Associated Variables" ( June 16, 2014). International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software. Paper 12.
http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/iemssconference/2014/Stream-A/12
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