1.8 CF Standard Names: Downwelling Radiance Per Unit Wavelength in Air (downwelling_radiance_per_unit_wavelength_in_air)

Record Label : downwelling_radiance_per_unit_wavelength_in_air

Record Title : Downwelling Radiance Per Unit Wavelength in Air

CF Standard Name : downwelling_radiance_per_unit_wavelength_in_air

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 coordinate variable for radiation wavelength should be given the standard name radiation_wavelength. Radiance is the radiative 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.

Canonical Units : W m-2 m-1 sr-1