1.8 CF Standard Names: Land Ice Area Fraction (land_ice_area_fraction)

Record Label : land_ice_area_fraction

Record Title : Land Ice Area Fraction

CF Standard Name : land_ice_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. "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves.

Canonical Units : 1

MIP Variable : Land Ice Area Percentage