basal_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_ice

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Created: June 12, 2018

Proposer: Dirk Notz

Proposed Date: 2016-07-19

CMIP6 - SIMIP. 1.18.

CMIP6 Sea Ice MIP: General variables

Change Date: June 12, 2018, 3:26 p.m.

Term: basal_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_ice

Unit: W m-2

Unit ref: UFAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

Change Date: June 12, 2018, 3:26 p.m.

Term: basal_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_ice

Unit: W m-2

Unit ref: UFAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

"Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. "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, 2:56 a.m.

Term: basal_downward_heat_flux_in_sea_ice

Unit: W m-2

Unit ref: UFAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

"Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. "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.