Common use of Cryosphere Clause in Contracts

Cryosphere. According to the Essential Climate Variable (ECV) fact sheets, the ECVs for the cryosphere are: • Ice sheets and ice shelves: Surface elevation change, ice velocity, ice mass change, grounding line location and thickness • Glaciers: Glacier area, Glacier elevation change, glacier mass change • Permafrost: Thermal state of permafrost, active layer thickness • Snow: Area covered by snow, snow depth, snow water equivalent The C3S requirements for cryosphere in situ data in the Arctic are summarized in Table 2.4.1.

Cryosphere. According to the Essential Climate Variable (ECV) fact sheets, the ECVs for the cryosphere are: •  Ice sheets and ice shelves: Surface elevation change, ice velocity, ice mass change, grounding line location and thickness •  Glaciers: Glacier area, Glacier elevation change, glacier mass change •  Permafrost: Thermal state of permafrost, active layer thickness •  Snow: Area covered by snow, snow depth, snow water equivalent The C3S requirements for cryosphere in situ data in the Arctic are summarized in Table 2.4.1.