Parameter tendency_of_northward_wind
Properties
Name | tendency_of_northward_wind |
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Description | "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "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) | tnmmvtot |
GRIB code | not specified |
Source
The parameter was taken from the NetCDF CF Metadata Convention.