Change Date: 5 Feb 2024, 4:16 p.m.

Term: product_of_northward_sea_water_velocity_and_temperature

Unit: K m s-1

Unit ref: KMTS

AMIP:

GRIB:

The phrase "product_of_X_and_Y" means X*Y. A velocity is a vector quantity. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward).

Change Date: 5 Feb 2024, 4:24 p.m.

Term: product_of_northward_sea_water_velocity_and_temperature

Unit: K m s-1

Unit ref: KMTS

AMIP:

GRIB:

The phrase "product_of_X_and_Y" means X*Y. A velocity is a vector quantity. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). It is strongly recommended to include a units_metadata attribute.

Change Date: 9 Feb 2024, 3:28 p.m.

Term: product_of_northward_sea_water_velocity_and_temperature

Unit: K m s-1

Unit ref: KMTS

AMIP:

GRIB:

The phrase "product_of_X_and_Y" means X*Y. A velocity is a vector quantity. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). In order to convert the units correctly, it is essential to know whether a temperature is on-scale or a difference. Therefore this standard strongly recommends that any variable whose units involve a temperature unit should also have a units_metadata attribute to make the distinction. It is strongly recommended to include the attribute units_metadata.

Change Date: 23 Feb 2024, 4:16 p.m.

Term: product_of_northward_sea_water_velocity_and_temperature

Unit: K m s-1

Unit ref: KMTS

AMIP:

GRIB:

The phrase "product_of_X_and_Y" means X*Y. A velocity is a vector quantity. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). It is strongly recommended that a variable with this standard name should have a units_metadata attribute, with one of the values "on-scale" or "difference", whichever is appropriate for the data, because it is essential to know whether the temperature is on-scale (meaning relative to the origin of the scale indicated by the units) or refers to temperature differences (implying that the origin of the temperature scale is irrevelant), in order to convert the units correctly (cf. https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/cf-conventions.html#temperature-units).