Fwd: [CF-metadata] units in cf standard names

From: Bryan Lawrence <b.n.lawrence>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:11:20 +0100

> The choice of udunits was made by COARDS. We carry on with it for COARDS
> compatibility. Are there any other similarly comprehensive and flexible
> standards for interpreting units strings? I think the main benefit is to
> provide a general syntax, and secondarily some associated software for parsing
> and converting units.

Is anyone actually using udunits in anger with netcdf-cf data. If so,
how? (I'm not dissing the importance of syntax, and coards ... nor am I
pushing a barrow for change here, just trying to understand exactly
where we are ...)

Cheers
Bryan
Received on Tue Oct 10 2006 - 14:11:20 BST