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Lake Michigan Mass Balance
Original LMMB Codes: Units of Measure
Use the appropriate "Unit Abbreviations" from the table below, paying
special attention to UPPER vs. lower case
characters.
| UNIT TYPE | UNIT | UNIT ABBREVIATION |
| Volume | cubic centimeters | cm3 |
| cubic feet | ft3 |
| cubic meters | m3 |
| fluid ounces | oz |
| gallons | gal |
| liters | L |
| microliters | ul |
| | milliliters | ml |
| pints | pt |
| quarts | qt |
| Length | centimeters | cm |
| feet | ft |
| inches | in |
| kilometers | km |
| meters | m |
| miles | mi |
| millimeters | mm |
| yard | yd |
| Radiation | picocuries | pc |
| decays per minute | dpm |
| Time | seconds | sec |
| minutes | min |
| half hours | min |
| hours | hr |
| days | days |
| weeks | wks |
| months | mo |
| years | yr |
| Speed/velocity | feet/second | ft/sec |
| kilometers/hour | kph |
| knots | kn |
| meters/second | m/sec |
| miles/hour | mph |
| Concentration, volume | grams/cubic m | g/m3 |
| kilograms/cubic m | kg/m3 |
| micrograms/cubic m | ug/m3 |
| micrograms/liter | ug/L |
| miligrams/liter as CaCO3 | mg/L as CaCO3 |
| miligrams/liter as N | mg/L as N |
| miligrams/liter as P | mg/L as P |
| miligrams/liter as Si | mg/L as Si |
| milligrams/cubic m | mg/m3 |
| milligrams/liter | mg/L |
| nanograms/cubic m | ng/m3 |
| nanograms/liter | ng/L |
| picograms /liter | pg/L |
| picograms/cubic meter | pg/m3 |
| Concentration, weight | micrograms/gram | ug/g |
| micrograms/kilogram | ug/kg |
| milligrams/gram | mg/g |
| milligrams/kilogram | mg/kg |
| nanograms/gram | ng/g |
| nanograms/kilogram | ng/kg |
| picograms/gram | pg/g |
| picograms/kilogram | pg/kg |
| Concentration, area | grams/sq meter | g/m2 |
| kilograms/sq meter | kg/m2 |
| micrograms/sq meter | ug/m2 |
| nanograms/sq m | ng/m2 |
| picograms/sq meter | p/m2 |
| Ratio | Percent | % |
| Temperature | degrees Fahrenheit | F |
| degrees Centigrade | C |
| degrees Kelvin | K |
| Flow | cubic feet/second | cfs |
| cubic meters per second | m3/sec |
| gallons/day | gpd |
| gallons/minute | gpm |
| liters per day | L/day |
| liters per minute | L/min |
| million gallons/day | mgd |
| Count | number | # |
| national turbidity units | ntu |
| pH units | pH |
| Count rate | number/100 ml | /100 ml |
| number/ml | /ml |
| number/liter | /L |
| number/square foot | /ft2 |
| number/day | /day |
| number/hour | /hour |
| number/square meter | /m2 |
| Pressure | atmosphere | atm |
| centimeter Hg | cmHg |
| dyne | dyne |
| millibar | mb |
| PASCAL | PAS |
| pounds/spuare inch | lb/in2 |
| pounds/square foot | lb/ft2 |
| Mass/Weight (metric) | gram | g |
| kilogram | kg |
| microgram | ug |
| milligram | mg |
| nanogram | ng |
| picogram | pg |
| Mass/Weight (English) | ounces | oz |
| pounds | lbs |
| tons | t |
| Area | acres | acres |
| square feet | ft2 |
| square meters | m2 |
| square inches | in2 |
| square miles | mi2 |
| hectares | ha |
| Mass/area/time | nanograms/m2/week | ng/m2/wk |
| nanograms/m2/month | ng/m2/mo |
| Conductivity | micro-mhoís/centimeter | umho/cm |
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