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Update StandardNamesRules.rst - update rule 1
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climbfuji committed Sep 20, 2024
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#. Standard names should be identical to those from the latest version
of the `Climate and Forecast (CF) metadata
conventions <https://cfconventions.org/standard-names.html>`_ unless
an appropriate name does not exist in that standard.
an appropriate name does not exist in that standard, or the adoption
of said names leads to inconsistencies in the naming convention.

#. When a standard name doesn’t exist in the CF conventions, follow their
#. When no suitable standard name exists in the CF conventions, follow their
guidelines for standard name construction at this URL:
http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/guidelines.html. Standard
names may be qualified by the addition of phrases in certain standard forms and
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Prefixes
^^^^^^^^

None. Note that this is a departure from the CF conventions, which use
surface_ as a prefix. This is to maintain consistency with all other
level qualifiers that are used as _at_level-qualifier (i.e. as suffix).
None. Note that this is a departure from the CF conventions, which in
many cases - but not all - use surface_ as a prefix. This departure from
the CF convention is to maintain consistency with all other level
qualifiers that are used as _at_level-qualifier (i.e. as suffix).

Suffixes
^^^^^^^^
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