1.8 CF Standard Names: Wind Speed (wind_speed)

Record Label : wind_speed

Record Title : Wind Speed

CF Standard Name : wind_speed

Record Description : Speed is the magnitude of velocity. 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.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.

Canonical Units : m s-1

MIP Variable :