1.8 CF Standard Names: Projection Y Coordinate (projection_y_coordinate)

Record Label : projection_y_coordinate

Record Title : Projection Y Coordinate

CF Standard Name : projection_y_coordinate

Record Description : "y" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, when this is not true latitude, positive with increasing y. Projection coordinates are distances in the x- and y-directions on a plane onto which the surface of the Earth has been projected according to a map projection. The relationship between the projection coordinates and latitude and longitude is described by the grid_mapping.

Canonical Units : m