square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_air

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Created: May 17, 2017
Proposer: Alison Pamment
Proposed Date: 2017-05-17
CMIP6 - OMIP
New standard names for OMIP: physics; proposed new ocean standard names to support CMIP6
Change Date: May 17, 2017, 9:55 a.m.
Term: square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_air
Unit: s-2
Unit ref:
AMIP:
GRIB: N138
"square_of_X" means X*X. Frequency is the number of oscillations of a wave per unit time.
Change Date: May 17, 2017, 9:58 a.m.
Term: square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_air
Unit: s-2
Unit ref: UPSS
AMIP:
GRIB: N138
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.