Data Request Section: Units (units)

The units of the parameters defined in the {var} section. The 'text' attribute carries a plain text representation of the units of measure (e.g. m s-1) or, for dimensionaless variables, a scaling factor (e.g. 1.e-9) to be used for the variable.

  • blank: blank (deprecated)
  • percentage: Percentage
  • ppthou: Parts Per Thousand
  • fraction: Fraction
  • mjpms: Million Joules per meter per second
  • ppm: Parts Per Million
  • ppb: Parts Per Billion
  • ppt: Parts Per Trillion
  • gpm2: Grams per square meter
  • tkm3: Thousand cubic kilometer
  • mkm2: Million square kilometer
  • jpm2: Joules per square meter
  • kelvin: Kelvin
  • kelvinpaps: Kelvin Pascals per second
  • kelvinmps: Kelvin meters per second
  • kelvinps: Kelvins per second
  • kelvinsq: Kelvin squared
  • npm: Newtons per meter
  • npm2: Newtons per square meter
  • pa: Pascal
  • pamps2: Pascal meters per second squared
  • paps: Pascals per second
  • pa2ps2: Pascals squared per second squared
  • w: Watts
  • wpm2: Watts per meter squared
  • day: Day
  • degc: Degree Celsius
  • degc2: Degree Celsius Squared
  • degckgpm2: Degree Celsius kilograms per square meter
  • deglon: Degrees east
  • deglat: Degrees north
  • degree: Degree of Arc
  • kg: Kilogram
  • kgpm2: Kilograms per square meter
  • kgpkg: Kilograms per kilogram
  • kgpms: Kilograms per meter per second
  • kgpm2s: Kilograms per meter squared per second
  • kgpm3: Kilograms per cubic meter
  • kgps: Kilograms per second
  • pkm2s: Per kilometer squared per second
  • m: Meter
  • mps: Meters per second
  • mps2: Meters per second squared
  • pm2: Per meter
  • pm2: Per square meter
  • pm3: Per meter cubed
  • m2: Meters squared
  • m2ps: Meters squared per second
  • m2ps2: Meters squared per second squared
  • m3: Meter cubed
  • m3ps: Meters cubed per second
  • m3ps2: Meters cubed per second squared
  • m4ps: Meters to the fourth per second
  • molpm2: Moles per area
  • molpm2s: Moles per area per second
  • molpm3: Moles per cubic meter
  • molpm3s: Tendency of moles per cubic meter
  • molpmol: Volume mixing ratio
  • molps: Moles per second
  • mpsd: Meters per second per day
  • s: Second
  • spm: Seconds per meter
  • hertz: Hertz
  • hertz2: Hertz squared
  • yr: Year
  • pmpsr: Per Meter Per Steradian
  • micmps: Micrometers Per Second