| Term | Wind stress |
|---|---|
| Definition | Drag or trangential force per unit area exerted on a surface by the adjacent layer of moving air |
| Sampling medium | Air |
| Aggregation type | Average |
| Units | - |
| Provenance | Originally from the CUAHSI HIS VariableNameCV. See: http://his.cuahsi.org/mastercvreg/edit_cv11.aspx?tbl=VariableNameCV. |
| Provenance uri | http://vocabulary.odm2.org/variablename/windStress/ |
| Category | - |
| Note | - |
| Status | ACCEPTED |