1.8 CF Standard Names: Land Ice Surface X Velocity (land_ice_surface_x_velocity)

Record Label : land_ice_surface_x_velocity

Record Title : Land Ice Surface X Velocity

CF Standard Name : land_ice_surface_x_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. "x" indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, positive with increasing x. The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.

Canonical Units : m s-1

MIP Variable : X-Component of Land Ice Surface Velocity