Absolute salinity, "density salinity" and the reference-composition salinity scale: Present and future use in the seawater standard TEOS-10

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-26

  Wright, D G ^a   Pawlowicz, R ^b   McDougall, T J ^c   Feistel, R ^d   Marion, G M ^e  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SEAWATER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78651308592     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-1-2011     Document Type: Article

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