Package: udunits
Title: interface to Unidata's routines to convert units
Maintainer: David Pierce <dpierce@ucsd.edu>
Version: 1.3.1
Author: David Pierce
Description: This package provides an R interface to the Unidata
        udunits library routines, which can convert quantities between
        various units. Units are indicated by human-readable strings,
        such as "m/s", "J", "kg", or "in".  Routines for converting any
        quantity in known units to other compatible units are provided.
        Of particular use are the time and calendar conversion
        routines.  Calendar dates are given with units such as "days
        since 1900-01-01", for example.  Values with this unit can be
        converted to normal, readable calendar dates.  This will let
        you find that "32018 days since 1900-01-01" is actually 31 Aug
        1987.  These routines follow the library's C interface, so
        consult that section of Unidata's udunits manual for reference.
        Here are some example formatted units strings that can be used:
        "10 kilogram.meters/seconds2", "10 kg-m/sec2", "10 kg m/s^2",
        "(PI radian)2", "degF", "degC", "100rpm", "geopotential
        meters", "33 feet water".  Note that the udunits library must
        already be installed on your machine for this package to work.
        Change log: v1.3: added support for non-standard calendars in
        routine 'utCalendar'.
License: GPL (>= 2)
URL: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/udunits/
Packaged: 2010-05-10 14:50:05 UTC; ripley
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2010-05-17 09:20:54
