Table 5.
Data request for participation in initMIP-Greenland.
| Variable name | Units | Type | Standard Name (CF) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Sheet Altitude | m | ST | surface altitude |
| Ice Sheet Thickness | m | ST | land ice thickness |
| Bedrock Altitude | m | ST | bedrock altitude |
| Bedrock Geothermal Heat Flux | W m−2 | CST | upward geothermal heat flux at ground level |
| Surface mass balance flux | kg m−2 s−1 | FL | land ice surface specific mass balance flux |
| Basal mass balance flux | kg m−2 s−1 | FL | land ice basal specific mass balance flux |
| Land ice calving flux | kg m−2 s−1 | FL | land ice specific mass flux due to calving |
| Ice thickness imbalance | m s−1- | FL | tendency of land ice thickness |
| X-component of land ice surface velocity | m s−1 | ST | land ice surface x velocity |
| Y-component of land ice surface velocity | m s−1 | ST | land ice surface y velocity |
| Z-component of land ice surface velocity | m s−1 | ST | land ice surface upward velocity |
| X-component of land ice basal velocity | m s−1 | ST | land ice basal x velocity |
| Y-component of land ice basal velocity | m s−1 | ST | land ice basal y velocity |
| Z-component of land ice basal velocity | m s−1 | ST | land ice basal upward velocity |
| X-component of land ice vertical mean velocity | m s−1 | ST | land ice vertical mean x velocity |
| Y-component of land ice vertical mean velocity | m s−1 | ST | land ice vertical mean y velocity |
| Surface Temperature of Ice Sheet | K | ST | temperature at ground level in snow or firn |
| Basal Temperature of Ice Sheet | K | ST | land ice basal temperature |
| Basal drag | Pa | ST | magnitude of land ice basal drag |
| Land ice area fraction | 1 | ST | land ice area fraction |
| Grounded ice area fraction | 1 | ST | grounded ice sheet area fraction |
| Floating ice sheet area fraction | 1 | ST | floating ice sheet area fraction |
| Ice Mass | kg | ST | land ice mass |
| Ice Mass not displacing sea water | kg | ST | land ice mass not displacing sea water |
| Area covered by grounded ice | m2 | ST | grounded land ice area |
| Area covered by floating ice | m2 | ST | floating ice shelf area |
| Total SMB flux | kg s−1 | FL | tendency of land ice mass due to surface mass balance |
| Total BMB flux | kg s−1 | FL | tendency of land ice mass due to basal mass balance |
| Total calving flux | kg s−1 | FL | tendency of land ice mass due to calving |
Type: FL= Flux variable, ST= State variable, CST= Constant