Parameter downward_northward_stress_at_sea_ice_base

Properties

Properties of the parameter downward_northward_stress_at_sea_ice_base
Name	downward_northward_stress_at_sea_ice_base
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. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium southward.
AMIP code (Library of AMIP Data Transmission Standards)	not specified
GRIB code	not specified

The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.