Record Label : rsus
Record Title : Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation
CF Standard Name : surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
Units of Measure : W m-2
Record Description : The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean "net upward". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called "irradiance". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called "vector irradiance". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.
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Notes on Provenance of Variable Specifications : CMIP5_Amon,CMIP5_CF3hr,CMIP5_CFday,CMIP5_CFsubhr,CMIP5_day,CORDEX_3h,CORDEX_day,CORDEX_mon,CORDEX_sem,PMIP3_Aclim,PMIP3_Amon,PMIP3_day,SPECS_day
Record Identifier : 70bf79db-957d-aa3b-8241-3da949233ac7
MIP Defining this Variable : CMIP5
Link to Units section : wpm2