Roy,

The UDUNITS package doesn't handle "meter cubed" either. :-(

I'll see about fixing that, too.

In the meantime, "meter^3" and "meter3" work just fine.


Regards,
Steven Emmerson
Software Developer
Unidata Program Center
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:56 AM, Lowry, Roy K. <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Hi John,
>
>
>
> 1)      I don't think the CF conformance checker is that sophisticated,
> but Ros please put me right if that's wrong.
>
> 2)      That thought had occurred to us as has the possibility that it
> needs to be per meter cubed and not per cubic meter. We'd have done some
> experiments, but editing text in NetCDF files isn't that simple so we
> thought we'd ask first and save some work.
>
> 3)      My understanding is that the actual units including prefix are
> included as the parameter variable in CF NetCDF and not the canonical
> units. Again, please correct me if this is wrong.
>
>
>
> Cheers, Roy.
>
>
>
> Please note that I now work part-time from Tuesday to Thursday.  E-mail
> response on other days is possible but not guaranteed!
>
>
>
> *From:* John Graybeal [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* 27 May 2014 00:12
> *To:* Lowry, Roy K.; CF Metadata List
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [CF-metadata] UDUNITS error
>
>
>
> 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." <[email protected]> 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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