BODC - British Oceonographic Data Centre - Roy Lowry BODC UNITS Luis Bermudez MMI version 2005-05-02 Units 2005-08-01T11:31:28 Units codes: id, short name and long names More information: http://wwwtest.bodc.ac.uk/data/codes_and_formats/parameter_codes/http://wwwtest.bodc.ac.uk/data/codes_and_formats/parameter_codes/ Unit id long name short name ng/l Nanograms per litre UNGL UNGL UNMD Nanomoles per litre per day nmol/l/d UNMD UMES MicroEinsteins per square metre per second uE/m^2/s UMES mBar UPBB Millibars UPBB m/s UVAA UVAA Metres per second ULKM Kilometres ULKM km UABB UABB deg T Degrees True UCGG Magnetic susceptibility cgs units per gram UCGG Mscgs/g Moles per Einstein UMPE mol/E UMPE UMIC Micrometres (microns) um UMIC Counts per second counts/s UCPS UCPS m^2/g dry UMSG UMSG Square metres per gram of dry sediment UCCM Cubic microns per cubic metre UCCM um^3/m^3 UPOX Micromoles per litre UPOX umol/l UCGS MScgs Magnetic susceptibility cgs units UCGS UGMS UGMS Grams per square metre g/m^2 Litres ULIT l ULIT UCCL mg C/mg chl/hr UCCL Milligrams of carbon per milligram of chlorophyll per hour uEquiv/l MicroEquivalents per litre UEQL UEQL UUKG ug/kg UUKG Micrograms per kilogram UPPB Parts per billion ppb UPPB per day /d UPDY UPDY USUM USUM Square microns per millilitre um^2/ml UPCT Percent % UPCT KGUM Micromoles per kilogram umol/kg KGUM UUUD umol/m^2/d UUUD Micromoles per square metre per day UMBQ Millibequerels per litre mBq/l UMBQ W/m^3 Watts per cubic metre UWCM UWCM UNVH um^3/ind/h UNVH Cubic microns per individual per hour fmol/l UPFM UPFM Femtomoles per litre deg UAAA UAAA Degrees UMTE UMTE Square metres.Hertz^4 m^2*Hz^4 Picomoles per litre UPML pmol/l UPML UDBL UDBL dbel Decibels UMDX mmol/m^2/d Millimoles per square metre per day UMDX UMGL mg/l Milligrams per litre UMGL UMHZ Square metres per Hertz m^2/Hz UMHZ UWNM Watts per square metre per nanometre W/m^2/nm UWNM W/m^2 UFAA Watts per square metre UFAA ULPM l/min Litres per minute ULPM Degrees Centigrade squared per second degC^2/s UCSS UCSS ml/ind/h UMCH Millilitres cleared per individual per hour UMCH %/m UPOP UPOP Percent per metre Square metres.Hertz m^2.Hz UMTB UMTB UMMC mg/m^3 Milligrams per cubic metre UMMC V UVLT UVLT Volts UPTH ppt/h Parts per thousand per hour UPTH UUTU TU Tritium units (10**18H/Tr) UUTU g/kg UGKG UGKG Grams per kilogram Degrees Centigrade UPAA degC UPAA UGDC UGDC Milligrams per cubic metre per day mg/m^3/d kg/m^3 UKMC UKMC Kilograms per cubic metre UMAA Nanoteslas nT UMAA Microbequerels per litre uBq/l UUBQ UUBQ UCUM UCUM um^3/ml Cubic microns per millilitre Number per litre UCPL UCPL #/l UDTM yyyymmddhh24miss.dd Date+Time UDTM Nanograms per individual per minute UNIM ng/ind/min UNIM /m per metre UPRM UPRM #/ml Number per millilitre UCML UCML UGCC g/cm^3 UGCC Grams per cubic centimetre Dimensionless UUUU Dmnless UUUU Nanometres nm UXNM UXNM Watts per square metre per nanometre per steradian UWNS UWNS W/m^2/nm/sr Siemens per metre UECA UECA S/m UPVT pmol/m^3/s Picomoles per cubic metre per second UPVT UM2D mg/m^2/inc UM2D Milligrams per square metre per incubation duration Years Months Days (yyyymmdd) UYMD yyyymmdd UYMD Nephelometric Turbidity Units NTU USTU USTU UTCC d >1760 UTCC Days (1760/01/01 = day 0) umol/m^2/h Micromoles per square metre per hour UMFX UMFX ug/ml wet Micrograms per millilitre of wet sediment UUGS UUGS UCLC mg C/uE/mg chl/h mg C/(microEinst./m2/s)/mg chl/hour UCLC ug/m^2/d UUDX Micrograms per square metre per day UUDX mV Millivolts UUMV UUMV Bequerels per kilogram UBQK Bq/kg UBQK UPPM ppm Parts per million UPPM KGNM nmol/kg Nanomoles per kilogram KGNM cm^2/s Square centimetres per second UCMS UCMS Microlitres per litre ul/l UUML UUML UHMS Hours Minutes Seconds UHMS hh24miss Degrees Centigrade per metre UPCC UPCC degC/m Micromole per micromole of biomass per day UMUB UMUB um/um/d #/m^2/d UNDX Number per square metre per day UNDX Degrees Kelvin degK UPKA UPKA UMNX per metre per nanometre /m/nm UMNX Percent per day UPCD UPCD %/d UPMH pmol/l/h UPMH Picomoles per litre per hour UGLH mg/m^3/h UGLH Milligrams per cubic metre per hour UNSM N/m^2 Newtons per square metre UNSM UTBB UTBB s Seconds mm/s Millimetres per second UVCC UVCC UGPL UGPL Micrograms per litre ug/l Milligrams per square metre per day UGDX mg/m^2/d UGDX UMMM mm/min UMMM Millimetres per minute Square Metres.Hertz squared m^2.Hz^2 UMTC UMTC Nanobequerels per litre nBq/l UNBQ UNBQ Decibars UPDB dBar UPDB UXMM Millimetres mm UXMM UCKA Centimetres per thousand years cm/kyr UCKA per second squared UPSS /s^2 UPSS UBQL Bq/l UBQL Bequerels per litre UMCU Cubic micrometres (microns) um^3 UMCU UMMD umol/l/d Micromoles per litre per day UMMD UPDS UPDS % dry sed Percentage of dry sediment Milliseconds UMSC UMSC ms Years UYRS yr UYRS UMTD Square metres.cubic Hertz UMTD m^2.Hz^3 mg/kg UMKG Milligrams per kilogram UMKG UMAM mA UMAM Milliamps Valves per square centimetre per thousand years V/cm^2/ka UVAY UVAY UMSQ Square metres UMSQ m^2 ULKG ULKG Litres per kilogram l/kg MicroEinsteins per cubic metre per second UMEC uE/m^3/s UMEC Picomoles per metre per watt per second pmol/m/W/s UPVW UPVW 10^-8 * Cubic metres per kilogram UMKS 10^-8m^3kg-1 UMKS UFPD UFPD per female per day #/fem/d Centimetres per second UVBB UVBB cm/s Days UTAA UTAA d Hz UTHZ UTHZ Hertz UGLD mg/m^3/inc UGLD Milligrams per cubic metre per incubation duration UMNS per metre per nanometre per steradian UMNS /m/nm/sr Nanomoles per litre UPNM UPNM nmol/l Metres ULAA m ULAA UPCH Percent per hour UPCH %/h Micromoles per litre per hour UMMH umol/l/h UMMH pH units pH units UUPH UUPH ng/ind UNPI Nanograms per individual UNPI Picomoles per cubic metre UPMA UPMA pmol/m^3 ppbv UBLV Parts per billion by volume UBLV #/ind/h UNAH Number per individual per hour UNAH Square metres per squared hertz m^2/Hz^2 UMTN UMTN BP UYBP Years before present (1950) UYBP #/m^2 Number per square metre UPMS UPMS pptrv UTRV UTRV Parts per trillion by volume ppmv UMLV Parts per million by volume UMLV nmol/l/h UNMH Nanomoles per litre per hour UNMH UGMC Grams per cubic metre g/m^3 UGMC UNPG #/g UNPG Number per gram Milligrams per square metre mg/m^2 UMMS UMMS Parts per thousand UPPT UPPT ppt UKNT Knots (nautical miles per hour) Knots UKNT