square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water

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Created: 17 Mar 2016

Proposer: Jonathan Gregory / Stephen Griffies

Proposed Date: 2015-01-30

CMIP6 - OMIP

New standard names for OMIP: physics; proposed new ocean standard names to support CMIP6

Change Date: 17 Mar 2016, 5:16 p.m.

square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water s-2 [UPSS]
Squared buoyancy frequency measuring ocean vertical stratification.

Change Date: 17 May 2017, 12:07 p.m.

square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water s-2 [UPSS] P07 id: 1V0G0U9J
The phrase "square_of_X" means X*X. Frequency is the number of oscillations of a wave per unit time. Brunt-Vaisala frequency is also sometimes called "buoyancy frequency" and is a measure of the vertical stratification of the medium.