Record Label : tendency_of_eastward_wind_due_to_diffusion
Record Title : Tendency of Eastward Wind due to Diffusion
CF Standard Name : tendency_of_eastward_wind_due_to_diffusion
Record Description : The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "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 : m s-2