Change Date: 13 Dec 2024, 11:48 a.m.
sea_bed_downward_stress_due_to_dissipation_of_ocean_current N m-2 Ocean processes such as waves and currents can generate forces (or stress) on the sea bed. The surface called "sea bed" means the lower boundary of the ocean. "Stress" means the shear stress (force per unit area) exerted at the sea bed. A downward stress is a downward flux of momentum. "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (as the water is acting on the sea bed). 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. The phrase "dissipation_of_ocean_current" means the stress associated with ocean current dissipation processes through bottom friction.