def check_cell_measures(self, ds):
        """
        7.2 To indicate extra information about the spatial properties of a
        variable's grid cells, a cell_measures attribute may be defined for a
        variable. This is a string attribute comprising a list of
        blank-separated pairs of words of the form "measure: name". "area" and
        "volume" are the only defined measures.

        The "name" is the name of the variable containing the measure values,
        which we refer to as a "measure variable". The dimensions of the
        measure variable should be the same as or a subset of the dimensions of
        the variable to which they are related, but their order is not
        restricted.

        The variable must have a units attribute and may have other attributes
        such as a standard_name.

        :param netCDF4.Dataset ds: An open netCDF dataset
        :rtype: list
        :return: List of results
        """
        ret_val = []
        reasoning = []
        variables = ds.get_variables_by_attributes(cell_measures=lambda c:
                                                   c is not None)
        for var in variables:
            search_str = r'^(?:area|volume): (\w+)$'
            search_res = regex.search(search_str, var.cell_measures)
            if not search_res:
                valid = False
                reasoning.append("The cell_measures attribute for variable {} "
                                 "is formatted incorrectly.  It should take the"
                                 " form of either 'area: cell_var' or "
                                 "'volume: cell_var' where cell_var is the "
                                 "variable describing the cell measures".format(
                                     var.name))
            else:
                valid = True
                cell_meas_var_name = search_res.groups()[0]
                # TODO: cache previous results
                if cell_meas_var_name not in ds.variables:
                    valid = False
                    reasoning.append(
                        "Cell measure variable {} referred to by "
                        "{} is not present in dataset variables".format(
                            var.name, cell_meas_var_name)
                    )
                else:
                    cell_meas_var = ds.variables[cell_meas_var_name]
                    if not hasattr(cell_meas_var, 'units'):
                        valid = False
                        reasoning.append(
                            "Cell measure variable {} is required "
                            "to have units attribute defined.".format(
                                cell_meas_var_name)
                        )
                    if not set(cell_meas_var.dimensions).issubset(var.dimensions):
                        valid = False
                        reasoning.append(
                            "Cell measure variable {} must have "
                            "dimensions which are a subset of "
                            "those defined in variable {}.".format(
                                cell_meas_var_name, var.name)
                        )

            result = Result(BaseCheck.MEDIUM,
                            valid,
                            (self.section_titles['7.2']),
                            reasoning)
            ret_val.append(result)

        return ret_val
7.2 To indicate extra information about the spatial properties of a
        variable's grid cells, a cell_measures attribute may be defined for a
        variable. This is a string attribute comprising a list of
        blank-separated pairs of words of the form "measure: name". "area" and
        "volume" are the only defined measures.

        The "name" is the name of the variable containing the measure values,
        which we refer to as a "measure variable". The dimensions of the
        measure variable should be the same as or a subset of the dimensions of
        the variable to which they are related, but their order is not
        restricted.

        The variable must have a units attribute and may have other attributes
        such as a standard_name.

        :param netCDF4.Dataset ds: An open netCDF dataset
        :rtype: list
        :return: List of results