Nucos (NOAA Unit Conversion for Oil Spills)

Used for converting temperature, volume, and mass.

Basic Usage

Convert when the unit types are the same:

nucos.convert(unitType, fromUnit, toUnit, value)

Example:

nucos.convert("Density", "API degree", "kg/m^3", 10)

Convert between different quantities (volume and mass)

Instantiate the OilQuantityConverter off of nucos

var oilConverter = new nucos.OilQuantityConverter();

Use the Convert method off of the OilQuantityConverter class

oilConverter.Convert(fromAmount, fromUnit, Density, DensityUnits, toUnit);

Example with inputs:

oilConverter.Convert(50, "tons", 10, "API degree", "cubic meters");

Development

nucos is written in javascript, and packages as an NPM package.

Testing

Tests are using the mocha test framework: https://mochajs.org/

To install mocha:

npm i --global mocha

Installing it globally makes the mocha command available on the command line.

To run the tests:

mocha tests/

The test are in the tests/test.js file

See the mocha docs for how to update/write new tests.