1.8 CF Standard Names: Land Ice Vertical Mean X Velocity (land_ice_vertical_mean_x_velocity)

Record Label : land_ice_vertical_mean_x_velocity

Record Title : Land Ice Vertical Mean X Velocity

CF Standard Name : land_ice_vertical_mean_x_velocity

Record Description : A velocity is a vector quantity. "x" indicates a vector component along the grid x-axis, positive with increasing x. "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. The vertical mean land ice velocity is the average from the bedrock to the surface of the ice.

Canonical Units : m s-1

MIP Variable : X-Component of Land Ice Vertical Mean Velocity