sea_ice_melt_pond_thickness
completeCreated: July 28, 2016
Proposer: Dirk Notz
Proposed Date: 2016-07-19
CMIP6 - SIMIP. 1.5.
Change Date: July 28, 2016, 9:15 p.m.
Term: sea_ice_melt_pond_thickness
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
The volume of water in meltponds divided by meltpond covered area.
Change Date: June 11, 2018, 3:32 p.m.
Term: sea_ice_melt_pond_thickness
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Thickness" means the vertical extent of a layer. "Sea_ice" means all ice floating on the sea with the exception of floating ice shelves, which are regarded as land ice in models.
Change Date: June 11, 2018, 3:33 p.m.
Term: sea_ice_melt_pond_thickness
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Thickness" means the vertical extent of a layer. Melt ponds occur on top of the existing sea ice. "Sea_ice" means all ice floating on the sea with the exception of floating ice shelves, which are regarded as land ice in models.
Change Date: June 21, 2018, 3:13 a.m.
Term: sea_ice_melt_pond_thickness
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Thickness" means the vertical extent of a layer. Melt ponds occur on top of the existing sea ice. "Sea ice" means all ice floating in the sea which has formed from freezing sea water, rather than by other processes such as calving of land ice to form icebergs.