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CF Standard Names (copied into data request to facilitate validation, particularly validation of consistency of definition in the CF standard with usage in the data request).
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| canonical_units | year |
| description | "Age of sea ice" means the length of time elapsed since the ice formed. "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. |
| name | age_of_sea_ice |
| uid | 3ba664b9-8ca2-11ef-944e-41a8eb05f654 |