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