1. Parameters
2. practical_salinity

Parameter: practical_salinity

Id

PD13

Display Name

Practical Salinity

Standard Name

sea_water_practical_salinity

Unit

1

Fill Value

-9999999

Precision

Parameter Function

ctd_pracsal

Data Product Identifier

PRACSAL_L2

Data Product Type

Science Data

Data Level

2

Parameter Function Map

{"p": "dpi_PRESWAT_L1", "c": "dpi_CONDWAT_L1", "t": "dpi_TEMPWAT_L1"}

Description

Salinity is generally defined as the concentration of dissolved salt in a parcel of seawater. Practical Salinity is a more specific unitless quantity calculated from the conductivity of seawater and adjusted for temperature and pressure. It is approximately equivalent to Absolute Salinity (the mass fraction of dissolved salt in seawater) but they are not interchangeable.

Parameter Type

function

Value Encoding

float32

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