1.8 CF Standard Names: Eastward Wind (eastward_wind)

Record Label : eastward_wind

Record Title : Eastward Wind

CF Standard Name : eastward_wind

Record Description : "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.)

Canonical Units : m s-1

MIP Variable :