Dear Alison, > This week I will also request the addition of 'molecule' to UDUNITS.
Any news on this matter? Cheers, Andreas. > > Best wishes, > Alison > > ------ > Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 > NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Email: [email protected] > STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory > R25, 2.22 > Harwell Oxford, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andreas Hilboll [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 18 March 2013 13:05 >> To: Pamment, Alison (STFC,RAL,RALSP) >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Proposal for standard names: tropospheric trace >> gas column amounts >> >> I'm fine with using "mol m-2" in the standard name table. It's better >> than not having the trace gases in there at all. >> >>> If we can get molecule added as a unit to UDUNITS along the lines >> suggested by Sander earlier in the discussion, then I think you could use >> molecules cm-2 in your files and we could still have mol m-2 as the >> canonical unit. >>> Sander Niemeijer wrote: >>>> >>>> <unit> >>>> <def>mol/6.02214179e23</def> >>>> <name> >>>> <singular>molecule</singular> >>>> <plural>molecules</plural> >>>> </name> >>>> <aliases> >>>> <name><singular>molec</singular></name> >>>> </aliases> >>>> </unit> >>> >>> If you are happy for us to proceed down this route then I think the names >> could be accepted now and added to the standard name table with >> canonical units of mol m-2. I will then send a request to ask if molecules >> can >> be added to UDUNITS (although I'm not sure of the time scale for adding the >> new unit). Would that be an acceptable way forward? >> >> Sure, go ahead. If I can do anything to get molecules into UDUNITS, >> please let me know (like if you need another vote or so). >> >> Thanks! >> Andreas. >> > _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
