1.8 CF Standard Names: Land Ice Basal Melt Rate (land_ice_basal_melt_rate)

Record Label : land_ice_basal_melt_rate

Record Title : Land Ice Basal Melt Rate

CF Standard Name : land_ice_basal_melt_rate

Record Description : "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. The land ice basal melt rate is the rate at which ice is lost per unit area at the base of the ice.

Canonical Units : m s-1