[CF-metadata] Is the "bits" unit CF-compliant?

From: Culverwell, Ian <ian.culverwell>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:10:16 +0100

 
Sorry, didn't quite finish.
 
... it says:
 
ERROR (3.1): Invalid units: bits
 
So: is "bits" (or "bit") CF-compliant or not?
 
Thanks for any help,
Ian.
 
 


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From: Culverwell, Ian
Sent: 26 September 2011 12:09
To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
Cc: Culverwell, Ian
Subject: Is the "bits" unit CF-compliant?


Hello,
 
The latest CF-compliance document suggests that we should look to the
udunits.dat file in the udunits package to find out if a certain unit is
CF-compliant. The latest version of udunits.dat I have lists
 
bit P count
 
as an acceptable unit. Yet when I run a file with this unit through the
CF-compliance checker, it says:
 
 
 

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