Term: sea_surface_tidal_current_y_velocity

Unit: m s-1

Unit ref: UVAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

A velocity is a vector quantity. "y" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. This rise in water level is accompanied by a horizontal movement of water called the tidal current.

Term: surface_sea_water_y_velocity_due_to_tides

Unit: m s-1

Unit ref: UVAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

A velocity is a vector quantity. "y" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. This rise in water level is accompanied by a horizontal movement of water called the tidal current.

Term: surface_sea_water_y_velocity_due_to_tides

Unit: m s-1

Unit ref: UVAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

A velocity is a vector quantity. "y" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. This rise in water level is accompanied by a horizontal movement of water called the tidal current.

Term: surface_sea_water_y_velocity_due_to_tides

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. Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. This rise in water level is accompanied by a horizontal movement of water called the tidal current.