"2021-09-20 14:41:46.0" . "sea_surface_downward_northward_stress_due_to_dissipation_of_sea_surface_waves"@en . "accepted"@en . "" . . . . . "SDN:P07::YJQD4FZS" . . "1" . . "SDN:P07::YJQD4FZS" . "2021-09-20 14:41:46.0" . "false" . "1" . "The surface called \"sea surface\" means the upper boundary of the ocean. \"Surface stress\" means the shear stress (force per unit area) exerted at the surface. A downward stress is a downward flux of momentum. Over large bodies of water, surface stress can drive near-surface currents. \"Downward\" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). \"Northward\" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). \"Downward northward\" indicates the ZY component of a tensor. A downward northward stress is a downward flux of northward momentum, which accelerates the lower medium northward and the upper medium 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. The phrase \"dissipation_of_sea_surface_waves\" means the stress associated with sea surface waves dissipation processes such as whitecapping."@en . "SDN:P07::YJQD4FZS" .