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Each Output variable record corresponds to a physical parameter specification.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| cell_measures | area: areacello |
| cell_methods | amnsi-twm (Weighted Time Mean on Sea-Ice) |
| cmip6_frequency | mon |
| cmip6_tables_identifier | SImon (Monthly sea-ice data) |
| cmip7_frequency | mon |
| description | Total flux of fresh water from sea-ice surface into underlying ocean divided by grid-cell area. This combines both surface meltwater that drains directly into the ocean and the drainage of surface melt ponds. By definition, this flux is always positive. |
| dimensions | longitude, latitude, time |
| modelling_realm | Sea Ice |
| name | SImon.siflfwdrain |
| physical_parameter | siflfwdrain (Freshwater Flux from Sea-Ice Surface) |
| processing_note | 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 | Freshwater Flux from Sea-Ice Surface |
| type | real |
| uid | 7111a6e2-faa7-11e6-bfb7-ac72891c3257 |