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BUG:units for Uv & U1, convective thermal coefficient for Faiman and PVsyst, m/s should be in denominator #945

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@mikofski

Describe the bug
the units are unclear, m/s should be in the denominator, but looks like numerator

in :eq:`pvsyst` [(W/m^2 C)(m/s)].

and

determined by Faiman for 7 silicon modules. [(W/m^2 C)(m/s)].

Expected behavior
There probably isn't a standard, and we could argue, but IMHO the units should always be as explict as possible. I like the way wikipedia makes them very explicit using parentheses
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pvsyst:
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Faiman:
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Additional context
IMHO these units should uses parentheses like Wikipedia does for clarity:

  • Uv & U1: [W/(m^2 K)/(m/s)] or [W/m^2/K/(m/s)] or [(W/m^2)/K/(m/s)]
  • Uc & U0: [W/(m^2 K)] or [W/m^2/K] or [(W/m^2)/K]

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