Concept
Sea surface downward eastward stress due to dissipation of sea surface waves
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/sea_surface_downward_eastward_stress_due_to_dissipation_of_sea_surface_waves/ | ||
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| Within Vocab | Climate and Forecast Standard Names | ||
| Definition | The surface called "sea surface" means the upper boundary of the ocean. "Surface stress" means the shear stress (force per unit area) exerted at the surface. A downward stress is a downward flux of momentum. Over large bodies of water, surface stress can drive near-surface currents. "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). "Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). "Downward eastward" indicates the ZX component of a tensor. A downward eastward stress is a downward flux of eastward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium eastward and the upper medium westward. 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. The phrase "dissipation_of_sea_surface_waves" means the stress associated with sea surface waves dissipation processes such as whitecapping. | ||
| Date | None | ||
| Note | accepted | ||
| modified | 2021-09-20 14:41:46.0 | ||
| Exact Match | http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/sea_surface_downward_eastward_stress_due_to_dissipation_of_sea_surface_waves | ||
| http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/sea_surface_downward_eastward_stress_due_to_dissipation_of_sea_surface_waves/ | |||
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sea_surface_downward_eastward_stress_due_to_dissipation_of_sea_surface_waves | ||
| Related | P06:PASX |
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