tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_conversion_of_snow_to_sea_ice
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Created: July 28, 2016
Proposer: Dirk Notz
Proposed Date: 2016-07-19
Change Date: July 28, 2016, 9:49 p.m.
Term: tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_ice_conversion
Unit: kg m-2 s-1
Unit ref: KSP2
AMIP:
GRIB:
The rate of change of snow mass due to transformation of snow to sea ice divided by grid cell area.
Change Date: Aug. 5, 2016, 1:54 a.m.
Term: tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_conversion_of_snow_to_sea_ice
Unit: kg m-2 s-1
Unit ref: KSP2
AMIP:
GRIB:
The rate of change of snow mass due to transformation of snow to sea ice divided by grid cell area.
Change Date: June 12, 2018, 2:47 p.m.
Term: tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_conversion_of_snow_to_sea_ice
Unit: kg m-2 s-1
Unit ref: KSP2
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Amount" means mass per unit area. Surface amount refers to the amount on the ground, excluding that on the plant or vegetation canopy. The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. 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 "surface_snow" means snow lying on the surface. "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 12, 2018, 2:49 p.m.
Term: tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_conversion_of_snow_to_sea_ice
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 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. "Conversion of snow to sea ice" occurs when the mass of snow accumulated on an area of sea ice is sufficient to cause the ice to become mostly submerged. Waves can then wash over the ice and snow surface and freeze into a layer that becomes "snow 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, 3:08 a.m.
Term: tendency_of_surface_snow_amount_due_to_conversion_of_snow_to_sea_ice
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 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. "Conversion of snow to sea ice" occurs when the mass of snow accumulated on an area of sea ice is sufficient to cause the ice to become mostly submerged. Waves can then wash over the ice and snow surface and freeze into a layer that becomes "snow 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.