Record Label : downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_spherical_irradiance_in_sea_water
Record Title : Downwelling Photosynthetic Photon Spherical Irradiance in Sea Water
CF Standard Name : downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_spherical_irradiance_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. "Photosynthetic" radiation is the part of the spectrum which is used in photosynthesis e.g. 400-700 nm. The range of wavelengths could be specified precisely by the bounds of a coordinate of radiation_wavelength. Photon spherical irradiance is the photon flux incident on unit area of a hemispherical (or "2-pi") collector. The direction ("up/downwelling") is specified. Radiation incident on a 4-pi collector has a standard name referring to "omnidirectional spherical irradiance". A photon flux is specified in terms of numbers of photons expressed in moles.
Canonical Units : mol m-2 s-1