The composition of Standard Seawater and the definition of the Reference-Composition Salinity Scale

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-72

  Millero, Frank J ^a   Feistel, Rainer ^b   Wright, Daniel G ^c   McDougall, Trevor J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorinity; Composition; Conductivity; Density; Salinity; Seawater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROLYTES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CHLORINITY; ELECTROLYTE MIXTURES; SALINITY; SEAWATER COMPOSITIONS; STANDARD SEAWATER; SURFACE SEAWATER; THEORETICAL MODELING; THERMODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS;

SEAWATER;

EID: 84874584075     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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