Metrological traceability of oceanographic salinity measurement results

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-62

  Seitz, S ^a   Feistel, R ^b   Wright, D G ^c   Weinreben, S ^b   Spitzer, P ^a   De Bievre P ^d  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d Independent Consultant on Metrology in Chemistry   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONDUCTIVITY; DATA SET; DISSOLVED MATTER; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TIMESCALE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78751667866     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-45-2011     Document Type: Article

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