1.8 CF Standard Names: Atmosphere Northward Stress due to Gravity Wave Drag (atmosphere_northward_stress_due_to_gravity_wave_drag)

Record Label : atmosphere_northward_stress_due_to_gravity_wave_drag

Record Title : Atmosphere Northward Stress due to Gravity Wave Drag

CF Standard Name : atmosphere_northward_stress_due_to_gravity_wave_drag

Record Description : 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. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Atmosphere_Xward_stress is a stress which tends to accelerate the atmosphere in direction X.

Canonical Units : Pa

MIP Variable : Northward Gravity Wave Drag