Package ucar.visad.quantities

Class CommonUnits

java.lang.Object

ucar.visad.quantities.CommonUnits

public class CommonUnits
extends Object

Provides support for units common to meteorology.

Version:

$Id: CommonUnits.java,v 1.12 2005/05/13 18:35:38 jeffmc Exp $

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Unit	CELSIUS	A common unit of temperature.
static final Unit	DEGREE	A common unit of plane angle.
static final Unit	FOOT	A common unit of international foot
static final Unit	GRAMS_PER_KILOGRAM	A common unit of mixing-ratio.
static final Unit	HECTOPASCAL	A common unit of pressure.
static final Unit	HOUR	A common unit of time.
static final Unit	KILOMETER	A common unit of kilometer
static final Unit	KNOT	A common unit of speed.
static final Unit	METERS_PER_SECOND	The SI unit of speed.
static final Unit	MILE	A common unit of mile
static final Unit	MILLIBAR	A common unit of pressure.
static final Unit	MILLIMETER	A common unit of millimeter
static final Unit	NAUTICAL_MILE	A common unit of distance.
static final Unit	PASCAL	The SI unit of pressure.
static final Unit	PERCENT	A common unit for percent

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

PASCAL

public static final Unit PASCAL

The SI unit of pressure.

HECTOPASCAL

public static final Unit HECTOPASCAL

A common unit of pressure.

MILLIBAR

public static final Unit MILLIBAR

A common unit of pressure.

CELSIUS

public static final Unit CELSIUS

A common unit of temperature.

GRAMS_PER_KILOGRAM

public static final Unit GRAMS_PER_KILOGRAM

A common unit of mixing-ratio.

METERS_PER_SECOND

public static final Unit METERS_PER_SECOND

The SI unit of speed.

HOUR

public static final Unit HOUR

A common unit of time.

NAUTICAL_MILE

public static final Unit NAUTICAL_MILE

A common unit of distance.

KNOT

public static final Unit KNOT

A common unit of speed.

DEGREE

public static final Unit DEGREE

A common unit of plane angle.

FOOT

public static final Unit FOOT

A common unit of international foot

KILOMETER

public static final Unit KILOMETER

A common unit of kilometer

MILE

public static final Unit MILE

A common unit of mile

MILLIMETER

public static final Unit MILLIMETER

A common unit of millimeter

PERCENT

public static final Unit PERCENT

A common unit for percent