1.8 CF Standard Names: Steric Change in Sea Surface Height (steric_change_in_sea_surface_height)

Record Label : steric_change_in_sea_surface_height

Record Title : Steric Change in Sea Surface Height

CF Standard Name : steric_change_in_sea_surface_height

Record Description : "Sea surface height" is a time-varying quantity. The steric change in sea surface height is the change in height that a water column of standard temperature zero degrees Celsius and practical salinity S=35.0 would undergo when its temperature and salinity are changed to the observed values. The sum of the quantities with standard names thermosteric_change_in_sea_surface_height and halosteric_change_in_sea_surface_height is the total steric change in the water column height, which has the standard name of steric_change_in_sea_surface_height. The sum of the quantities with standard names sea_water_mass_per_unit_area_expressed_as_thickness and steric_change_in_sea_surface_height is the total thickness of the sea water column.

Canonical Units : m