Record Label : downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_sea_water
Record Title : Downwelling Shortwave Flux in Sea Water
CF Standard Name : downwelling_shortwave_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. The term "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called "irradiance". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called "vector irradiance". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.
Canonical Units : W m-2
MIP Variable : Downwelling Shortwave Radiation in Sea Water