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

From: Steve Emmerson <steve>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:05:22 -0600

Jonathan,

>Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:30:46 +0100
>From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk>
>To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
>Subject: [CF-metadata] Re: units in cf standard names

The above message contained the following:

> Thanks for your comments. Of course dB is really about logarithmic units and
> you can't use udunits to combine such things straightforwardly. However, I do
> think that for the moment it is useful for us to have a dimensionless unit of
> dB, since this is always given as the unit for such quantities.

I understand and agree.

The new package will allow values to be converted between compatible
logarithmic units and between logarithmic units and compatible
non-logarithmic units. It will also allow conversion between reciprocal
units (e.g., ohm and seimens).

Regards,
Steve Emmerson
Received on Mon Oct 16 2006 - 09:05:22 BST