land_ice_basal_drag

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Created: Oct. 4, 2016

Proposer: Sophie Nowicki

Proposed Date: 2016-10-03

CMIP6 - ISMIP6. 23.

additional standard name for ISMIP6

Change Date: Oct. 4, 2016, 11:01 a.m.

Term: magnitude_of_land_ice_basal_drag

Unit: Pa

Unit ref: PASX

AMIP:

GRIB:

The magnitude of basal drag at land ice base.

Change Date: April 5, 2018, 2:08 a.m.

Term: land_ice_basal_drag

Unit: Pa

Unit ref: PASX

AMIP:

GRIB:

"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.