Glaçon
Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-005987
A relatively flat piece of floating sea ice less than 20 m across, which is the French term for what the WMO sea-ice nomenclature calls an ice cake. A piece under 2 m across is a small ice cake (petit glacon). Anything larger than 20 m across counts as a floe, with small floes spanning 20 to 100 m.
| Identifier | MLC-T-MET-005987 |
|---|---|
| Field | Meteorology and atmospheric science |
Record as JSON
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"definition": "A relatively flat piece of floating sea ice less than 20 m across, which is the French term for what the WMO sea-ice nomenclature calls an ice cake. A piece under 2 m across is a small ice cake (petit glacon). Anything larger than 20 m across counts as a floe, with small floes spanning 20 to 100 m.",
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