1.8 CF Standard Names: Northward Wind (northward_wind)

Record Label : northward_wind

Record Title : Northward Wind

CF Standard Name : 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.)

Canonical Units : m s-1

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