Parameter: pressure_temp

Id
PD196
Display Name
Seawater Pressure Measurement
Standard Name
Unit
counts
Fill Value
-9999999
Precision
Parameter Function
Data Product Identifier
Data Product Type
Data Level
Parameter Function Map
Description

Seawater Pressure refers to the pressure exerted on a sensor in situ by the weight of the column of seawater above it. It is calculated by subtracting one standard atmosphere from the absolute pressure at the sensor to remove the weight of the atmosphere on top of the water column. The pressure at a sensor in situ provides a metric of the depth of that sensor. This is the unprocessed data that are output directly from the sensor which are then converted to pressure in dbar.

Parameter Type
quantity
Value Encoding
int32