[CF-metadata] FWD: salinity units

From: Nan Galbraith <ngalbraith>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 15:02:58 -0400

Hi all -

We're now perusing the canonical units in the CF standard
name table, and one of the OceanSITES data managers noticed
another slight problem for us.

On 6/2/15 12:48 PM, Jing Zhou wrote:
> If one checks the standard names in CF, *relative_humidity* has
> canonical units '1'
>
> -Jing
>

I can't find any documentation for why this isn't 'percent'. Unlike
practical salinity, I think there's general acceptance, within the
relevant science disciplines, that relative humidity is a percent. The
CF definition doesn't include any text on this subject. Does this happen
to be because 'percent' isn't clear enough - whether it's by volume or
weight?

Any thoughts?

Thanks -
Nan

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