Table A3.
Long name (netCDF) | Units | Standard name (CF) | Tier |
---|---|---|---|
Ice sheet altitude | m | surface_altitude | 1 |
Ice sheet thickness | m | land_ice_thickness | 1 |
Bedrock altitude | m | bedrock_altitude | 1 |
Bedrock geothermal heat flux | W m−2 | upward_geothermal_heat_flux_at_ground_level_in_land_ice | 3 |
Land ice calving flux | kg m−2 s−1 | land_ice_specific_mass_flux_due_to_calving | 3 |
Land ice vertical front mass balance flux | kg m−2 s−1 | land_ice_specific_mass_flux_due_to_calving_and_ice_front_melting | 2 |
Surface mass balance and its components | kg m−2 s−1 | see Table A1 | 1 |
Basal mass balance of grounded ice sheet | kg m−2 s−1 | land_ice_basal_specific_mass_balance_flux | 2 |
Basal mass balance of floating ice shelf | kg m−2 s−1 | land_ice_basal_specific_mass_balance_flux | 2 |
X-component of land ice surface velocity | m yr−1 | land_ice_surface_x_velocity | 1 |
Y-component of land ice surface velocity | m yr−1 | land_ice_ surface_y_velocity | 1 |
Z-component of land ice surface velocity | m yr−1 | land_ice_ surface_upward_velocity | 2 |
X-component of land ice basal velocity | m yr−1 | land_ice_basal_x_velocity | 1 |
Y-component of land ice basal velocity | m yr−1 | land_ice_basal_y_velocity | 1 |
Z-component of land ice basal velocity | m yr−1 | land_ice_basal_upward_velocity | 2 |
X-component of land ice vertical mean velocity | m yr−1 | land_ice_vertical_mean_x_velocity | 2 |
Y-component of land ice vertical mean velocity | m yr−1 | land_ice_vertical_mean_y_velocity | 2 |
Land ice basal drag | Pa | magnitude_of_basal_drag_at_land_ice_base | 3 |
Surface temperature | K | surface_temperature | 1 |
Temperature at the top of ice sheet model | K | temperature_at_top_of_ice_sheet_model | 1 |
Basal temperature of grounded ice sheet | K | temperature_at_base_of_ice_sheet_model | 1 |
Basal temperature of floating ice shelf | K | temperature_at_base_of_ice_sheet_model | 1 |
Land ice area fraction | 1 | land_ice_area_fraction | 1 |
Grounded ice area fraction | 1 | grounded_ice_sheet_area_fraction | 1 |
Floating ice sheet area fraction | 1 | floating_ice_sheet_area_fraction | 1 |
Surface snow area fraction | 1 | surface_snow_area_fraction | 2 |
Scalar outputs/Integrated measures | |||
Ice mass | kg | land_ice_mass | 2 |
Ice mass not displacing sea water | kg | land_ice_mass_not_displacing_sea_water | 2 |
Area covered by grounded ice | m2 | grounded_land_ice_area | 3 |
Area covered by floating ice | m2 | floating_ice_shelf_area | 3 |
Total SMB flux | kg s−1 | tendency_of_land_ice_mass_due_to_surface_mass_balance | 3 |
Total BMB flux | kg s−1 | tendency_of_land_ice_mass_due_to_basal_mass_balance | 3 |
Total calving flux | kg s−1 | tendency_of_land_ice_mass_due_to_calving | 3 |