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Re: conversion (fwd)

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  • Subject: Re: conversion (fwd)
  • Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 14:56:39 -0600 (MDT)

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:19:46 -0600
From: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
To: Robb Kambic <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: conversion

Robb,

    $ /upc/udunits/bin/udunits
    You have: knots
    You want: meters/second
        <meters/second> = <knots>*0.514444
        <meters/second> = <knots>/1.94384

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

------- Original Message

Date:    Tue, 05 Apr 2005 11:41:25 -0600
From:    Robb Kambic <address@hidden>To:      Steve Emmerson <steve@u
          nidata.ucar.edu>
Subject: conversion

steve,

when converting knot/sec to meter/sec what ratio do you use? i've been
using knot/sec = 0.5175 meter/sec

thanks,
robb...

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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