1.8 CF Standard Names: Downwelling Photon Radiance in Sea Water (downwelling_photon_radiance_in_sea_water)

Record Label : downwelling_photon_radiance_in_sea_water

Record Title : Downwelling Photon Radiance in Sea Water

CF Standard Name : downwelling_photon_radiance_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. Photon radiance is the photon flux in a particular direction, per unit of solid angle. The direction from which it is coming must be specified, for instance with a coordinate of zenith_angle. If the radiation does not depend on direction, a standard name of isotropic radiance should be chosen instead. A photon flux is specified in terms of numbers of photons expressed in moles.

Canonical Units : mol m-2 s-1 sr-1