Parameter: SALTREF

Dataset: 
GP16 Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
Parameter: 
salinity
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sal
Short Description:
 salinity
Official Name:
 sal
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Salinity: The amount (mass or quantity of matter) of salt per amount (volume or mass) of a body of water.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
SALTREF
Supplied Units: 
grams per kilogram (g/kg)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
SELFTREF is salinity reference in TEOS-10 (http://www.teos-10.org/) and defined as absolute salinity units (G/KG) published in 2010. That compared with the classic salinity measurement in practical salinity units (PSS-78).