Parameter downward_northward_momentum_flux_in_air
Properties
Name | downward_northward_momentum_flux_in_air |
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Description | "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward northward" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. Momentum flux is dimensionally equivalent to stress and pressure. It is a tensor quantity. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. |
AMIP code (Library of AMIP Data Transmission Standards) | not specified |
GRIB code | 125 |
Source
The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.