Record Label : integral_wrt_time_of_surface_downward_northward_stress
Record Title : Integral Wrt Time of Surface Downward Northward Stress
CF Standard Name : integral_wrt_time_of_surface_downward_northward_stress
Record Description : The phrase "integral_wrt_X_of_Y" means int Y dX. The data variable should have an axis for X specifying the limits of the integral as bounds. "wrt" means with respect to. The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Downward northward" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium southward. The surface downward stress is the wind stress on the surface.
Canonical Units : Pa s