land_ice_basal_drag

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Created: 4 Oct 2016

Proposer: Sophie Nowicki

Proposed Date: 2016-10-03

CMIP6 - ISMIP6. 23.

additional standard name for ISMIP6

Change Date: 4 Oct 2016, 12:01 p.m.

magnitude_of_land_ice_basal_drag Pa [PASX]
The magnitude of basal drag at land ice base.

Change Date: 5 Apr 2018, 3:08 a.m.

land_ice_basal_drag Pa [PASX] P07 id: 9Z75YM9M
"Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. Basal drag is a resistive stress opposing ice flow at the ice bedrock boundary.