sea_floor_horizontal_stress

accepted

Created: 21 Mar 2025

Proposer: Lucy Bricheno

Proposed Date: 2024-12-16

#244

proposal to add three new concepts related to seabed stress (version 2)

Change Date: 21 Mar 2025, 3:07 p.m.

Change Date: 8 Apr 2025, 1:55 p.m.

sea_floor_horizontal_stress N m-2 [UNSM]
Ocean processes such as waves and currents can generate forces (or stress) on the sea floor. The surface called "sea floor" means the lower boundary of the ocean. Horizontal stress refers to the stress in the horizontal plane. "Horizontal" refers to the local horizontal, i.e. perpendicular to the local gravity vector at the location in which the quantity is calculated. "Stress" means the shear stress (force per unit area) exerted at the sea floor.

Change Date: 8 Apr 2025, 1:56 p.m.

sea_floor_horizontal_stress N m-2 [UNSM]
Ocean processes such as waves and currents can generate forces (or stress) on the sea floor. The surface called "sea floor" means the lower boundary of the ocean. "Horizontal" refers to the local horizontal, i.e. perpendicular to the local gravity vector at the location in which the quantity is calculated. "Stress" means the shear stress (force per unit area) exerted at the sea floor. Horizontal stress refers to the stress in the horizontal plane.