1.8 CF Standard Names: Northward Sea Ice Velocity (northward_sea_ice_velocity)

Record Label : northward_sea_ice_velocity

Record Title : Northward Sea Ice Velocity

CF Standard Name : northward_sea_ice_velocity

Record Description : A velocity is a vector quantity. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Sea ice velocity is defined as a two-dimensional vector, with no vertical component. "Sea ice" means all ice floating in the sea which has formed from freezing sea water, rather than by other processes such as calving of land ice to form icebergs.

Canonical Units : m s-1