1.8 CF Standard Names: Sea Water Potential Density (sea_water_potential_density)

Record Label : sea_water_potential_density

Record Title : Sea Water Potential Density

CF Standard Name : sea_water_potential_density

Record Description : Sea water potential density is the density a parcel of sea water would have if moved adiabatically to a reference pressure, by default assumed to be sea level pressure. To specify the reference pressure to which the quantity applies, provide a scalar coordinate variable with standard name reference_pressure. The density of a substance is its mass per unit volume. For sea water potential density, if 1000 kg m-3 is subtracted, the standard name sea_water_sigma_theta should be chosen instead.

Canonical Units : kg m-3