1.8 CF Standard Names: Sea Water Sigma T (sea_water_sigma_t)

Record Label : sea_water_sigma_t

Record Title : Sea Water Sigma T

CF Standard Name : sea_water_sigma_t

Record Description : Sigma-t of sea water is the density of water at atmospheric pressure (i.e. the surface) having the same temperature and salinity, minus 1000 kg m-3. Note that sea water sigma is not the same quantity as the dimensionless ocean sigma coordinate (see Appendix D of the CF convention), for which there is another standard name.

Canonical Units : kg m-3