1.8 CF Standard Names: Northward Wind Shear (northward_wind_shear)

Record Label : northward_wind_shear

Record Title : Northward Wind Shear

CF Standard Name : northward_wind_shear

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.) Wind shear is the derivative of wind with respect to height.

Canonical Units : s-1