[CF-metadata] relative humidity units

From: Nan Galbraith <ngalbraith>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:02:31 -0400

Sorry, I forgot to change the subject line when I sent this the first time.

> 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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