1.8 CF Standard Names: Floating Ice Shelf Area Fraction (floating_ice_shelf_area_fraction)

Record Label : floating_ice_shelf_area_fraction

Record Title : Floating Ice Shelf Area Fraction

CF Standard Name : floating_ice_shelf_area_fraction

Record Description : "Area fraction" is the fraction of a grid cell's horizontal area that has some characteristic of interest. It is evaluated as the area of interest divided by the grid cell area. It may be expressed as a fraction, a percentage, or any other dimensionless representation of a fraction. A "floating ice shelf", sometimes called a "floating ice sheet", indicates where an ice sheet extending from a land area flows over sea water.

Canonical Units : 1

MIP Variable : Floating Ice Shelf Area Percentage