Term: bolus_sea_water_y_velocity

Unit: m s-1

Unit ref: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P061/current/UVAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

A velocity is a vector quantity. "y" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. Bolus velocity in an ocean model means the velocity due to a scheme representing eddy-induced effects which are not resolved on the grid scale of the model. bolus_sea_water_y_velocity is used in some parameterisations of lateral diffusion in the ocean.

Term: sea_water_y_velocity_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddies

Unit: m s-1

Unit ref: UVAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

A velocity is a vector quantity. "y" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. bolus_sea_water_y_velocity is used in some parameterisations of lateral diffusion in the ocean.

Term: sea_water_y_velocity_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddies

Unit: m s-1

Unit ref: UVAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

A velocity is a vector quantity. "y" indicates a vector component along the grid y-axis, positive with increasing y. 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. Parameterized mesoscale eddies occur on a spatial scale of many tens of kilometres and an evolutionary time of weeks. Reference: James C. McWilliams 2016, Submesoscale currents in the ocean, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, volume 472, issue 2189. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0117. Parameterized mesoscale eddies are represented in ocean models using schemes such as the Gent-McWilliams scheme. sea_water_y_velocity_due_to_parameterized_mesoscale_eddies is used in some parameterisations of lateral diffusion in the ocean.