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Parameter northward_​ocean_​freshwater_​transport_​due_​to_​overturning

Properties

Properties of the parameter northward_​ocean_​freshwater_​transport_​due_​to_​overturning
Name northward_ocean_freshwater_transport_due_to_overturning
Description The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Northward transport by (meridional) overturning is geometrically defined as being the part due to the vertical integral of the product of zonal means of velocity and tracer. The velocity does not include "bolus" or Gent-McWilliams velocity.
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.


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