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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 |
|---|---|
| canonical_units | W m-2 |
| description | "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. Potential energy is the sum of the gravitational potential energy relative to the geoid and the centripetal potential energy. (The geopotential is the specific potential energy.) "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. |
| name | tendency_of_ocean_potential_energy_content |
| uid | 3ba9a83c-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 |