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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 | Pa |
description | "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). "y" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. "Upward y" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. An upward y-ward stress is an upward flux of momentum, which accelerates the upper medium in the positive y direction and the lower medium in the negative y direction. |
name | upward_y_stress_at_sea_ice_base |
uid | 3ba9a911-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 |