Record Label : sos
Record Title : Sea Surface Salinity
CF Standard Name : sea_surface_salinity
Units of Measure : 0.001
Record 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.
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Notes on Provenance of Variable Specifications : OMIP.day
Record Identifier : 74a9891b-cab2-667d-bcb6-6574c6370c86
MIP Defining this Variable : OMIP
Link to Units section : ppthou
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