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Description

It would be nice to integrate nicely with at least some flavor of unit conversion library.

CF standards are defined by udunit2, but that can be a bit of a beast to bind to in Python, so there have been a bunch of different attempts to work around that.

@ocefpaf has heard rumblings of a Rust implementation...

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing repository structure and the referenced pyudunits2 and cf-units discussions. Compare available unit-conversion options, including the mentioned Rust implementation, and define a supported integration scope; done means the project can use a documented unit-conversion library for the agreed CF units.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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