1.8 CF Standard Names: Geostrophic Northward Wind (geostrophic_northward_wind)

Record Label : geostrophic_northward_wind

Record Title : Geostrophic Northward Wind

CF Standard Name : geostrophic_northward_wind

Record Description : "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). 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.) "Geostrophic" indicates that geostrophic balance is assumed, i.e. that the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force are balanced and the large scale fluid flow is parallel to the isobars.

Canonical Units : m s-1