Parameter atmosphere_northward_stress_due_to_gravity_wave_drag
Properties
Name | atmosphere_northward_stress_due_to_gravity_wave_drag |
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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). Atmosphere_Xward_stress is a stress which tends to accelerate the atmosphere in direction X. |
AMIP code (Library of AMIP Data Transmission Standards) | tauvgwd |
GRIB code | not specified |
Source
The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.