Dear Rosalyn,
I assume the checker will also not complain if the units attribute is
simply omitted when the variable is unitless (i.e., either units="1" or
the attribute is omitted result in the same behavior by the checker).
best regards,
Karl
On 2/28/11 4:28 AM, cristina.tronconi at artov.isac.cnr.it wrote:
> Dear Rosalyn,
> thanks so much for your reply and your works that is so important for
> me. Infact "my" data are produced within MYOCEAN (european) project
> and thay are going to test them! so it is important they do not failed
> the CF checker test.
>
> Best regards.
>
> cristina
>
> p.s.
> Sorry if sometime I miss some e-mails and I didin't answer to them.
> This is a very caotic working time....and I'm receiving so many e-mails.
>
> Thanks to all the cf-metadata group to their help!
>
> Citando Rosalyn Hatcher<r.s.hatcher at reading.ac.uk>:
>
>> I agree units should be set to "1" and I am currently in the process of
>> fixing the error in the CF Checker.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ros.
>>
>>
>> On 27/02/11 17:27, Steven Emmerson wrote:
>>> 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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