northward_sea_water_velocity_due_to_ekman_drift
A velocity is a vector quantity. "Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). 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.
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Proposls with this term version:
Proposal: Aurore Biardeau [Standard names: Ekman current]
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