1.8 CF Standard Names: Downwelling Photon Flux in Sea Water (downwelling_photon_flux_in_sea_water)

Record Label : downwelling_photon_flux_in_sea_water

Record Title : Downwelling Photon Flux in Sea Water

CF Standard Name : downwelling_photon_flux_in_sea_water

Record Description : Downwelling radiation is radiation from above. It does not mean "net downward". The sign convention is that "upwelling" is positive upwards and "downwelling" is positive downwards. A photon flux is specified in terms of numbers of photons expressed in moles. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.

Canonical Units : mol m-2 s-1