Record Label : hfsifrazil
Record Title : Heat Flux into Sea Water Due to Frazil Ice Formation
CF Standard Name : heat_flux_into_sea_water_due_to_freezing_of_frazil_ice
Units of Measure : W m-2
Record Description : In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. The specification of a physical process by the phrase due_to_process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. "Frazil" consists of needle like crystals of ice, typically between three and four millimeters in diameter, which form as sea water begins to freeze. Salt is expelled during the freezing process and frazil ice consists of nearly pure fresh water.
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Notes on Provenance of Variable Specifications : OMIP.Omon
Record Identifier : 1b7e7623-95c4-de9e-c5c5-c7bda3ce3781
MIP Defining this Variable : OMIP
Link to Units section : wpm2
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