1.8 CF Standard Names: Tendency of Change in Land Ice Amount (tendency_of_change_in_land_ice_amount)

Record Label : tendency_of_change_in_land_ice_amount

Record Title : Tendency of Change in Land Ice Amount

CF Standard Name : tendency_of_change_in_land_ice_amount

Record Description : "Amount" means mass per unit area. Zero change in land ice amount is an arbitrary level. "Land ice" means glaciers, ice-caps and ice-sheets resting on bedrock and also includes ice-shelves. "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time.

Canonical Units : kg m-2 s-1