1.8 CF Standard Names: Sea Ice Mass (sea_ice_mass)

Record Label : sea_ice_mass

Record Title : Sea Ice Mass

CF Standard Name : sea_ice_mass

Record Description : The horizontal domain over which sea ice mass is calculated is described by the associated coordinate variables and coordinate bounds or by a coordinate variable or scalar coordinate variable with the standard name of "region" supplied according to section 6.1.1 of the CF conventions."Sea ice" means all ice floating in the sea which has formed from freezing sea water, rather than by other processes such as calving of land ice to form icebergs.

Canonical Units : kg