visad.jmet
Class MetUnits

java.lang.Object
  visad.jmet.MetUnits

public class MetUnits
extends java.lang.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).

Constructor Summary

MetUnits()
Construct an instance of this class and add some common pressure units to the default database.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

makeSymbol(java.lang.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()
         throws VisADException

Construct an instance of this class and add some common pressure units to the default database.

Throws:

VisADException

Method Detail

makeSymbol

public java.lang.String makeSymbol(java.lang.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