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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 | kg s-1 |
description | "Ocean salt transport" refers to the mass of salt being transported by the ocean by all processes. Transport "across_line" means that which crosses a particular line on the Earth's surface; formally this means the integral along the line of the normal component of the transport. Positive and negative numbers refer to total northward/eastward and southward/westward transports, respectively. |
name | ocean_salt_transport_across_line |
uid | 80ab73c1-a698-11ef-914a-613c0433d878 |