Dear David and Christophe > Thinking ahead, I tried to put dobson into cf-python's CF Udunits data > base, but couldn't since it was already there (at Udunits version > 2.1.24): > > <unit> > <def>446.2 micromoles/meter^2</def> > <aliases> > <name> <singular>dobson</singular> </name> > <symbol>DU</symbol> > </aliases> > </unit> > > Would it be too unexpected to give units of "mole/area" to a standard > name which started "equivalent_thickness_"?
Thanks for that interesting discovery! mole metres-2 does not have the same physical dimensions as metres, so it must be given a different standard name. At present we have many atmosphere_mass_content names in kg m-2, and many tendency_of_ocean_mole_content names in mol m-2 s-1, so I'd suggest the consistent name for this quantity would be atmosphere_mole_content_of_ozone in mol m-2, and DU would be dimensionally equivalent to that. Cheers Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
