1.8 CF Standard Names: Square of Eastward Wind (square_of_eastward_wind)

Record Label : square_of_eastward_wind

Record Title : Square of Eastward Wind

CF Standard Name : square_of_eastward_wind

Record Description : "square_of_X" means X*X. "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). 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 : m2 s-2

MIP Variable : Mean-Squared Eastward Wind Speed