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Parameter: salinity

Id
PD3
Display Name
Practical Salinity
Standard Name
sea_water_practical_salinity
Unit
1
Fill Value
-9999999
Precision
Parameter Function
Data Product Identifier
PRACSAL_L2
Data Product Type
Science Data
Data Level
2
Parameter Function Map
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
quantity
Value Encoding
float32