Dear Heiko
I don't believe we have a standard name for that. I think it would be helpful
to add more specifics, such as sea_surface_wave (a phrase that appears in other
standard names), if that's applicable.
Best wishes
Jonathan
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> Subject: [CF-metadata] standard-name for stokes drift
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> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for the standard-name for stokes drift for a wave-model:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes_drift
>
>
> It's defined by ECMWF as:
> http://www.ecmwf.int/publications/manuals/d/gribapi/param/filter=grib1/order=paramId/order_type=asc/p=1/search=stokes/table=all/
>
> I couldn't find any, and if this is really the case, I would propose
> something like
>
> stokes_drift_x_velocity
> stokes_drift_y_velocity
>
>
> units: m/s
>
> Best regards,
>
> Heiko
>
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