1.3 CMOR Variable: Square of Sea Surface Salinity (sossq)

Record Label : sossq

Record Title : Square of Sea Surface Salinity

Record Identifier : 1aa81340-b006-11e6-9289-ac72891c3257

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-a098

MIP Variable : sossq

Deflate: NetCDF compression parameter :

Deflate Level: NetCDF compression parameter :

Shuffle: NetCDF compression parameter :

Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 3

Data value type, e.g. float or double : real

Modeling Realm : ocean

CMOR Directive Positive :

Link to MIP table record : Oday

The MIP table : Oday

Provenance : Oday ((isd.003))

Processing Notes : Report on the ocean horizontal native grid.

Provenance Note :

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : day

Row index of entry in source sheet : 4

Description : Sea water salinity is the salt content of sea water, often on the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978. However, the unqualified term 'salinity' is generic and does not necessarily imply any particular method of calculation. The units of salinity are dimensionless and the units attribute should normally be given as 1e-3 or 0.001 i.e. parts per thousand.

Quality Control Ranges : Guide ranges for sossq (table Oday)

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : sossq ((isd.006))