Parameter upward_eastward_stress_at_sea_ice_base
Properties
Name | upward_eastward_stress_at_sea_ice_base |
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Description | "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). "Upward eastward" indicates the ZX component of a tensor. An upward eastward stress is an upward flux of eastward momentum, which accelerates the upper medium eastward and the lower medium westward. |
AMIP code (Library of AMIP Data Transmission Standards) | not specified |
GRIB code | not specified |
Source
The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.