1.8 CF Standard Names: Downward Heat Flux in Floating Ice (downward_heat_flux_in_floating_ice)

Record Label : downward_heat_flux_in_floating_ice

Record Title : Downward Heat Flux in Floating Ice

CF Standard Name : downward_heat_flux_in_floating_ice

Record Description : "Downward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed downward (negative upward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. "Floating ice" means any ice that is floating on water, e.g. on a sea or lake surface.

Canonical Units : W m-2