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Each Output variable record corresponds to a physical parameter specification.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| branded_variable_name | simpthick_tavg-u-hxy-si |
| cell_measures | area: areacello |
| cell_methods | amnsimp-twm (Weighted Time Mean in Sea-Ice Melt Ponds) |
| cmip6_frequency | mon |
| cmip6_tables_identifier | SImon (Monthly sea-ice data) |
| cmip7_compound_name | seaIce.mon.simpthick_tavg-u-hxy-si |
| cmip7_frequency | mon |
| description | Average depth of melt ponds on sea ice, that is melt pond volume divided by melt pond area. |
| dimensions | longitude, latitude, time |
| flag_-_variable_change_since_cmip6 | True |
| modelling_realm | Sea Ice |
| name | SImon.simpthick |
| physical_parameter | simpthick (Melt Pond Depth) |
| processing_note | CHANGE SINCE CMIP6: compound name, Note that SIMIP requests the area-weighted average for all intensive variables (i.e., variables that are not proportional to area fraction such as albedo, temperature, or heat flux). Hence, all time samples with non-zero sea-ice fraction are first multiplied by area fraction, then summed, and then divided by the sum of the area fractions. See Appendix C of Notz et al. (2016) for more detail. |
| provenance | SIMIP [seaicemon] |
| spatial_shape | XY-na (Global field (single level)) |
| temporal_shape | time-intv (Temporal Interval) |
| title | Melt Pond Depth |
| type | real |
| uid | 7117858a-faa7-11e6-bfb7-ac72891c3257 |