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Preferred term

product_of_northward_wind_and_omega  

Definition

  • 'product_of_X_and_Y' means X*Y. 'Northward' indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) 'omegaX' is used for brevity to mean 'lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure in standard names constructed as a combination of omega with some other quantity.

Note

  • deprecated

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https://vocab.met.no/CFSTDN/product_of_northward_wind_and_omega

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