1.8 CF Standard Names: Land Ice Surface Upward Velocity (land_ice_surface_upward_velocity)

Record Label : land_ice_surface_upward_velocity

Record Title : Land Ice Surface Upward Velocity

CF Standard Name : land_ice_surface_upward_velocity

Record Description : "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. A velocity is a vector quantity. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.

Canonical Units : m s-1

MIP Variable : Upward Component of Land-Ice Surface Velocity