Back to cf_standard_names | Category Index
CF Standard Names (copied into data request to facilitate validation, particularly validation of consistency of definition in the CF standard with usage in the data request).
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| canonical_units | m3 s-2 |
| description | "Eliassen Palm flux" is a widely used vector in the meridional plane, and the divergence of this flux appears as a forcing in the Transformed Eulerian mean formulation of the zonal mean zonal wind equation. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). |
| name | northward_eliassen_palm_flux_in_air |
| uid | 3ba80fa7-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 |