Term: tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_sea_ice_dynamics

Unit: kg m-2 s-1

Unit ref: KSP2

AMIP:

GRIB:

The rate of change of snow mass through advection with sea ice divided by grid cell area.

Term: tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_sea_ice_dynamics

Unit: kg m-2 s-1

Unit ref: KSP2

AMIP:

GRIB:

The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Amount" means mass per unit area. The phrase "surface_snow" means snow lying on the surface. The quantity with standard name tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_sea_ice_dynamics is the rate of change of snow amount caused by advection of the sea ice upon which the snow is lying. 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. "Sea_ice" means all ice floating on the sea with the exception of floating ice shelves, which are regarded as land ice in models. "Sea ice dynamics" refers to advection of sea ice.

Term: tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_sea_ice_dynamics

Unit: kg m-2 s-1

Unit ref: KSP2

AMIP:

GRIB:

The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "Amount" means mass per unit area. The phrase "surface_snow" means snow lying on the surface. The quantity with standard name tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_sea_ice_dynamics is the rate of change of snow amount caused by advection of the sea ice upon which the snow is lying. 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. "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. "Sea ice dynamics" refers to advection of sea ice.