Hi,

more than two years ago I asked for standard-names for stokes drift and I got acceptance for the ones below. Unfortunately, it does not appear in the current standard-name list, so I'm sending a reminder.

Best regards,

Heiko


On 2013-05-08 12:58, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
Dear Heiko

sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity
sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity

units: m/s

description:
A velocity is a vector quantity. "x" indicates a vector component
along the grid x-axis, positive with increasing x. The Stokes drift
velocity is the average velocity when following a specific fluid
parcel as it travels with the fluid flow. For instance, a particle
floating at the free surface of water waves, experiences a net
Stokes drift velocity in the direction of wave propagation.

That seems fine to me (not being an expert on sea surface waves).

Cheers

Jonathan
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