change_over_time_in_thermal_energy_content_of_ice_and_snow_on_land

The phrase "change_over_time_in_X" means change in a quantity X over a time-interval, which should be defined by the bounds of the time coordinate. The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. Thermal energy is the total vibrational energy, kinetic and potential, of all the molecules and atoms in a substance. The phrase "ice_and_snow_on_land" means ice in glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets & shelves, river and lake ice, any other ice on a land surface, such as frozen flood water, and snow lying on such ice or on the land surface.

List containing this term version: CF (57)

Proposls with this term version:

Proposal: Martin Juckes [Standard names for LS3MIP: 8 temporal ch]

Proposal: Alison Pamment []

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