land_ice_surface_specific_mass_balance_flux

"Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. Specific mass balance means the net rate at which ice is added per unit area at the land ice surface. A negative value means loss of ice. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.

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Proposls with this term version:

Proposal: Jonathan Gregory [standard names and area type for ice she]

Proposal: Alison Pamment [additional standard name for ISMIP6]

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