tendency_of_land_ice_mass_due_to_surface_mass_balance

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Created: 4 Oct 2016

Proposer: Sophie Nowicki

Proposed Date: 2016-10-03

CMIP6 - ISMIP6. 24.

Change Date: 4 Oct 2016, 12:05 p.m.

tendency_of_land_ice_mass_due_to_surface_mass_balance kg s-1 [KGPS]
The total surface mass balance flux over land ice is a spatial integration of the surface mass balance flux.

Change Date: 21 Feb 2017, 12:31 p.m.

tendency_of_land_ice_mass_due_to_surface_mass_balance kg s-1 [KGPS]
"Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. 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. "Mass balance" means the net rate at which ice is added. A negative value means loss of ice. The tendency in ice mass due to the surface mass balance is the spatial integral of the quantity with standard name land_ice_surface_specific_mass_balance_flux. The geographical extent of the ice over which the mass is calculated is defined by the horizontal coordinates and any associated coordinate bounds or by a string valued auxiliary coordinate variable with a standard name of "region”.

Change Date: 5 Apr 2018, 4:33 a.m.

tendency_of_land_ice_mass_due_to_surface_mass_balance kg s-1 [KGPS] P07 id: 5O10JWUW
"Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. 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. "Mass balance" means the net rate at which ice is added. A negative value means loss of ice. The tendency in ice mass due to the surface mass balance is the spatial integral of the quantity with standard name land_ice_surface_specific_mass_balance_flux. The horizontal domain over which the quantity is described by the associated coordinate variables and coordinate bounds or by a string valued coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable with a standard name of "region".