[Bug 1136] New: - kelvin conversion incorrect in unit dictionary

[Tim Bergsma]

Hi.

I get 
Tc = 5/9(Tf) - 17.778 
and
Tk = 5/9(Tf) - 17.778 + 273.15
or
Tk = 5/9(Tf) + 255.372

where c, f, and k indicate celsius, fahrenheit, and kelvins

Tim.

bugzilla-daemon at ecoinformatics.org wrote:
> 
> http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136
> 
>            Summary: kelvin conversion incorrect in unit dictionary
>            Product: EML
>            Version: 2.0.0
>           Platform: Other
>         OS/Version: other
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: major
>           Priority: P2
>          Component: eml - general bugs
>         AssignedTo: jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
>         ReportedBy: jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
>          QAContact: jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
>                 CC: eml-dev at ecoinformatics.org
> 
> Shawn Bowers reported:
> > Hi Matt,
> >
> > I was testing some prolog code to convert between units, and noticed that
> > the formula to go from Fahrenheit to Kelvin was 5/9 - 17.778.  I don't
> > think this is correct.
> >
> > Shawn
> >
> >
> >
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