1.3 CMOR Variable: Freshwater Flux from Sea-Ice Surface (siflfwdrain)

Record Label : siflfwdrain

Record Title : Freshwater Flux from Sea-Ice Surface

Record Identifier : 7111a6e2-faa7-11e6-bfb7-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-b220

MIP Variable : siflfwdrain

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Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 2

Data value type, e.g. float or double : real

Modeling Realm : seaIce

CMOR Directive Positive :

Link to MIP table record : SImon

The MIP table : SImon

Provenance : SIMIP [seaicemon]

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Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : mon

Row index of entry in source sheet : 31

Description : Total flux of fresh water from sea-ice surface into underlying ocean. This combines both surface melt water that drains directly into the ocean and the drainage of surface melt pond. By definition, this flux is always positive.

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : siflfwdrain ((isd.006))