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These are non-exclusive grouping of CMIP variables (e.g. monthly time slices of the baseline variables). Variables can belong to more than one group.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| justification | Very popular characterizations of sea ice are area, extent and volume, integrated over each hemisphere. Similarly, snow on sea ice can be characterised by its total mass. The diagnostics demanded here represent the best estimates from the modelling groups, expert of their model and the corresponding land masks and grids. |
| name | seaice_global_monthly_basic |
| title | Integrated total hemispheric diagnostics |
| mips | SIMIP, OMIP, CMIP, ScenarioMIP |
| priority_level | High |
| variables | SImon.sivols, SImon.siareas, SImon.sivoln, SImon.siarean, SImon.siextentn, SImon.siextents, SImon.sisnmasss, SImon.sisnmassn |