[CF-metadata] [UDUNITS #UVU-592022]: information

From: Unidata UDUNITS Support <support-udunits>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:02:18 -0600

Cristina,

> Only a further clarification: you can read in the CF convention "the
> value of the units attribute is a string that can be recognized by
> UNIDATA"s Udunits package [UDUNITS]".
> So, in order to be compliant with CF specification I need to be sure
> that "milligram" is recognized by UNIDATA"s Udunits package.
>
> Can you reassure me about this?

The UDUNITS-2 package understands milligrams:

$ udunits2
udunits2: Using default XML database
You have: milligram
You want:
    1e-06 kg
You have:

> Best regards!
>
> cristina
>
> p.s.
> About our data....you are right! if "milligram" is recognized by the
> UDUUNITS, then we can use "milligram" as unit for our chlorophyll,
> then we needn't make any change to our data, but simply put the
> correct string into the "units" attribute for the variable CHL.
>
> p.p.s.
> Sorry for my english!

Don't be. Your English is vastly superior to my Italian!

> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cristina Tronconi
> Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima - sezione di Roma
> Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
> Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100
> 00133 Roma, Italy
> Tel: +39 06 49934342
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> e-mail: cristina.tronconi at artov.isac.cnr.it


Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: UVU-592022
Department: Support UDUNITS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
Received on Tue Mar 23 2010 - 12:02:18 GMT