1.3 CMOR Variable: X-Component of Land Ice Basal Velocity (xvelbase)

Record Label : xvelbase

Record Title : X-Component of Land Ice Basal Velocity

Record Identifier : d5b3df36-c78d-11e6-9b25-5404a60d96b5

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

MIP Variable : xvelbase

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 : IyrGre

The MIP table : IyrGre

Provenance : ISMIP6 [IyrGre]

Provenance Note :

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : yr

Row index of entry in source sheet : 23

Description : A velocity is a vector quantity. "x" indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, positive with increasing x. "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. "basal" means the lower boundary of the land ice.

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