Metrological challenges for measurements of key climatological observables Part 2: Oceanic salinity

Metrologia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages R12-R25

  Pawlowicz, R ^a   Feistel, R ^b   McDougall, T J ^c   Ridout, P ^d   Seitz, S ^e   Wolf, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Ocean Scientific International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

density; salinity; seawater

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENGINEERING; METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING;

CURRENT DEFINITION; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; MEASUREMENT PRACTICES; MEASUREMENTS OF; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEANIC SALINITY; SALINITY;

SEAWATER;

EID: 84957573815     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/53/1/R12     Document Type: Article

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