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. > > > ------------------------------ > > This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is > subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this > email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt > from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in > an electronic records management system. > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > > > > John Graybeal > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is > subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this > email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt > from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in > an electronic records management system. > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > >
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