1.8 CF Standard Names: Land Ice Surface Y Velocity (land_ice_surface_y_velocity)

Record Label : land_ice_surface_y_velocity

Record Title : Land Ice Surface Y Velocity

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

Canonical Units : m s-1

MIP Variable : Y-Component of Land Ice Surface Velocity