Thank you Steve! I apologize for my ignorance and appreciate the clarifications.
I will be working on a FAQ for CF and will likely include some UDUNITS-specific information, as these questions have come up in various contexts.
john
On May 26, 2014, at 16:54, Steven Emmerson <emmerson at ucar.edu> wrote:
> John,
>
> Plural units are allowed.
>
> The kilogram is the base unit of mass because that's what the SI says is the base unit of mass. I wish it wasn't.
>
> The UDUNITS package should accept "cubic meters" but doesn't. I consider that a bug and I'll work on it immediately.
>
> Regards,
> Steven Emmerson
> Software Developer
> Unidata Program Center
> University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>
>
> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 5:11 PM, John Graybeal <jbgraybeal at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 3 progressively stupider questions, offered in hopes of provoking the right answer:
> - Perhaps depends on which standard name it's attached to?
> - Are plural units allowed in the prefix?
> - Why is the base mass unit kilogram, i.e., why does it already have a prefix?
>
> If anyone has found a deep description of UDUNITS I'd love to know of it. So far it seems like one has to study and do tests with the code to understand all the details.
>
> John
>
> On May 26, 2014, at 06:53, "Lowry, Roy K." <rkl at bodc.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> We're getting a CF conformance checker error on the units 'milligrams per cubic meter'. Anybody know why it's wrong?
>>
>> Cheers, Roy.
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