1.8 CF Standard Names: Surface Downwelling Radiance in Sea Water (surface_downwelling_radiance_in_sea_water)

Record Label : surface_downwelling_radiance_in_sea_water

Record Title : Surface Downwelling Radiance in Sea Water

CF Standard Name : surface_downwelling_radiance_in_sea_water

Record Description : The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Downwelling radiation is radiation from above. It does not mean "net downward". The sign convention is that "upwelling" is positive upwards and "downwelling" is positive downwards. Radiance is the radiative flux in a particular direction, per unit of solid angle. The direction from which it is coming must be specified, for instance with a coordinate of zenith_angle. If the radiation does not depend on direction, a standard name of isotropic radiance should be chosen instead.

Canonical Units : W m-2 sr-1