1.8 CF Standard Names: Grounded Ice Sheet Area Fraction (grounded_ice_sheet_area_fraction)

Record Label : grounded_ice_sheet_area_fraction

Record Title : Grounded Ice Sheet Area Fraction

CF Standard Name : grounded_ice_sheet_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. "Grounded ice sheet" indicates where the ice sheet rests over bedrock and is thus grounded. It excludes ice-caps, glaciers and floating ice shelves.

Canonical Units : 1

MIP Variable : Grounded Ice Sheet Area Percentage