1.3 CMOR Variable: Surface Mass Balance Flux (acabf)

Record Label : acabf

Record Title : Surface Mass Balance Flux

Record Identifier : d5b30bf6-c78d-11e6-9b25-5404a60d96b5

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-b159

MIP Variable : acabf

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 : 2

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

Modeling Realm : landIce

CMOR Directive Positive :

Link to MIP table record : ImonAnt

The MIP table : ImonAnt

Provenance : ISMIP6 [ImonAnt]

Provenance Note :

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : mon

Row index of entry in source sheet : 10

Description : quantity averaged over ice sheet (grounded ice sheet and floating ice shelf) only. Needed to analyse the impact of downscaling methods, and as forcing for ISM

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