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

Record Label : land_ice_lwe_basal_melt_rate

Record Title : Land Ice Lwe Basal Melt Rate

CF Standard Name : land_ice_lwe_basal_melt_rate

Record Description : "lwe" means liquid water equivalent. "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