square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water

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Created: March 17, 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: March 17, 2016, 5:16 p.m.
Term: square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water
Unit: s-2
Unit ref: UPSS
AMIP:
GRIB:
Squared buoyancy frequency measuring ocean vertical stratification.
Change Date: May 17, 2017, 11:07 a.m.
Term: square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water
Unit: s-2
Unit ref: UPSS
AMIP:
GRIB:
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.