Hello all.
I had written the maintainer of a NIST web page, that was about the WWV
radio station, about specifying its location relative to Denver in SI
rather than in miles. They had missed a use of "acres", though, so I
wrote them again. The newly improved site is at
http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwv.html.
Another drop has been added to the growing trickle.
--
Bruce Raup
National Snow and Ice Data Center Phone: 303-492-8814
University of Colorado, 449 UCB Fax: 303-492-2468
Boulder, CO 80309-0449 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:58:17 -0700
From: Michael Lombardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Please add SI units to web page
Bruce,
>>Hello again.
>>
>>I just saw with pleasure that you've specified the distance between Fort
>>Collins and Denver in SI units. Thank you for the positive response.
>>
>>I also noticed, however, that the WWVH station is described as being "on
>>30 acres". How about "12 hectares" or "120 000 m^2"?
>>
>>Thanks again,
>>Bruce
It is NIST policy to always use SI units. However, when a unit is not well
known and the text is intended for a general audience, we sometimes specify
both the SI unit and the imperial unit. In this case, the page has been
modified to use hectares with acres in parantheses.
Thank you for noticing this error,
Michael Lombardi
Time and Frequency Division
National Institute of Standards & Technology
(303) 497-3212, FAX (303) 497-3228
