Dear Steve,
thanks for your recommandation. It is important to me to be sure I can
use "!" as unit, as my data are produced within MYOCEAN (european)
project and thay are going to test my data! so it is important my data
does not failed the CF checker test.
Best regards
cristina
Citando Steven Emmerson <steve at unidata.ucar.edu>:
> Cristina,
>
> I recommend the unit "1" for that use.
>
> If the CF checker doesn't like that unit, then it should be fixed, IMO,
> because that unit is supported by both the US NIST and the BIPM.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Emmerson
> UDUNITS developer
>
> On 2/26/2011 12:30 PM, cristina.tronconi at artov.isac.cnr.it wrote:
>> Dear Roy,
>> Our variable "chlorophyll count" as is understandable by CF is the
>> number of individual measurements used to determine a chlorophyll value.
>>
>> I do need to know what to put at "units" attribute for that variable.
>> I undestood by the CF convention 1.4 (appendix C) that I have to put
>> "units="1" as the chlorophyll count is a dimensionless variable...but
>> the CF checker found it as an error.
>>
>> I try not to put the Unit attribute ...but again i get an error by che
>> cf chcker.......so.....
>>
>> my question is: what unit shoudl I set for my chlorophyll count variable?
>>
>> thanks for your help.
>>
>> cristina
>>
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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
cell: '39 349 1242954
Fax: +39 06 20660291
e-mail: cristina.tronconi at artov.isac.cnr.it
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