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Parameter product_​of_​northward_​wind_​and_​air_​temperature

Properties

Properties of the parameter product_​of_​northward_​wind_​and_​air_​temperature
Name product_of_northward_wind_and_air_temperature
Description "product_of_X_and_Y" means X*Y. Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.)
AMIP code (Library of AMIP Data Transmission Standards) mpvta
GRIB code not specified

Source

The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.


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