visad.jmet
Class MetUnits

java.lang.Object
  visad.jmet.MetUnits

public class MetUnits
extends Object

Class for defining a few common atmospheric science units which don't conform to the standards used by the VisAD netCDF Units package. Use the makeSymbol method to return a "proper" unit symbol from a common one (ex: input mph to get mi/h). Also allows one to input a common symbol in upper case (MPH) and get the proper one back (mi/h).

Author:

Tom Whittaker, SSEC

Constructor Summary

MetUnits()

Method Summary

static String

makeSymbol(String commonSymbol) Create a 'proper' unit symbol from a common one (ie: mph -> mi/h instead of milliphots)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MetUnits

public MetUnits()

Method Detail

makeSymbol

public static String makeSymbol(String commonSymbol)

Create a 'proper' unit symbol from a common one (ie: mph -> mi/h instead of milliphots)

Parameters:

commonSymbol - is the String of the original unit name

Returns:

commonSymbol converted to "proper" symbol or commonSymbol if unknown