1.8 CF Standard Names: Tendency of Northward Wind (tendency_of_northward_wind)

Record Label : tendency_of_northward_wind

Record Title : Tendency of Northward Wind

CF Standard Name : tendency_of_northward_wind

Record Description : "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "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.)

Canonical Units : m s-2