1.2 MIP Variable: Surface Snow and Ice Melt Flux (snicem)

Record Label : snicem

Record Title : Surface Snow and Ice Melt Flux

CF Standard Name : surface_snow_and_ice_melt_flux

Units of Measure : kg m-2 s-1

Record Description : Loss of snow and ice mass resulting from surface melting. Computed as the total surface melt on the land ice portion of the grid cell divided by land ice area in the grid cell.

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Notes on Provenance of Variable Specifications : CMIP6 endorsement [ISMIP6]

Record Identifier : 5912a516-9e49-11e5-803c-0d0b866b59f3

MIP Defining this Variable : ISMIP6

Link to Units section : kgpm2s

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