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Parameter northward_​ocean_​heat_​transport_​due_​to_​diffusion

Properties

Properties of the parameter northward_​ocean_​heat_​transport_​due_​to_​diffusion
Name northward_ocean_heat_transport_due_to_diffusion
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 diffusion means the part due to horizontal or isopyncal diffusion schemes in an ocean model, but not including the "bolus" or Gent-McWilliams velocity.
AMIP code (Library of AMIP Data Transmission Standards) htovdiff
GRIB code not specified

Source

The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.


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