Dear CF community,

to more specifically describe sea-ice output from climate-model simulations for 
the CMIP6 Sea-Ice MIP (SIMIP), we would like to propose the following 
additional new CF standard names (as part of the SIMIP CMIP6 data request).
1.    magnitude_of_sea_ice_normal_stress: Average normal stress in sea ice 
(first stress invariant), units 'N m-1’. This is a horizontal stress, which is 
perpendicular/normal to each of the vertices making up the a grid cell in the 
horizontal plane. The average represent the spatial average stress.  
Cell_method attribute "area: average”
2.    magnitude_of_sea_ice_shear_stress: Maximum shear stress in sea ice 
(second stress invariant), units 'N m-1’. This is a horizontal shear, the areal 
maximum shear of the normal and shear stress stress acting on the vertices of a 
grid. Cell_method attribute "area: maximum”.
3.    magnitude_of_sea_ice_velocity_shear: Maximum shear of sea-ice velocity 
field (second shear strain invariant)(new variable with units '1/s’). This is 
the areal maximum shear strain rate in the  horizontal plane of the sea ice. 
Cell_method attribute "area: maximum”
Thank you very much for your feedback, guidance and input.

With best wishes, for the SIMIP Steering Committee,

Alexandra Jahn


Alexandra Jahn
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
INSTAAR Fellow
University of Colorado Boulder
Campus Box 450
Boulder, CO 80309-0450 USA
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Phone: 303-735-3352
http://instaar.colorado.edu/people/alexandra-jahn/






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