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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 |
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canonical_units | m s-1 |
description | "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.) |
name | northward_wind |
uid | 3ba80fce-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 |