1.3 CMOR Variable: Ocean Kinetic Energy Dissipation per Unit Area Due to Vertical Friction (dispkevfo)

Record Label : dispkevfo

Record Title : Ocean Kinetic Energy Dissipation per Unit Area Due to Vertical Friction

Record Identifier : baabf756-e5dd-11e5-8482-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-a072

MIP Variable : dispkevfo

Deflate: NetCDF compression parameter :

Deflate Level: NetCDF compression parameter :

Shuffle: NetCDF compression parameter :

Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 3

Data value type, e.g. float or double : real

Modeling Realm : ocean

CMOR Directive Positive :

Link to MIP table record : Oclim

The MIP table : Oclim

Provenance : Oclim ((isd.003))

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Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : monC

Row index of entry in source sheet : 25

Description : Friction, leading to the dissipation of kinetic energy, arises in ocean models as a result of the viscosity of sea water. Generally, the lateral (xy) viscosity is given a large value to maintain the numerical stability of the model. In contrast, the vertical viscosity is usually much smaller. The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase.

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) :