1.3 CMOR Variable: Land Ice Vertical Front Mass Balance Flux (lifmassbf)

Record Label : lifmassbf

Record Title : Land Ice Vertical Front Mass Balance Flux

Record Identifier : d5b2dbcc-c78d-11e6-9b25-5404a60d96b5

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-b136

MIP Variable : lifmassbf

Deflate: NetCDF compression parameter :

Deflate Level: NetCDF compression parameter :

Shuffle: NetCDF compression parameter :

Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 3

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

Modeling Realm : landIce

CMOR Directive Positive :

Link to MIP table record : ImonGre

The MIP table : ImonGre

Provenance : ISMIP6 [ImonGre]

Provenance Note :

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : mon

Row index of entry in source sheet : 29

Description : Total mass balance at the ice front (or vertical margin). It includes both iceberg calving and melt on vertical ice front

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