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Parameter: sal

Dataset: 
Diurnal GOP
Parameter: 
salinity
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sal
Short Description:
 salinity
Official Name:
 sal
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Salinity: The amount (mass or quantity of matter) of salt per amount (volume or mass) of a body of water.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
sal
Supplied Units: 
PSS-78
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

mean underway salinity over calculation period from data by David Drapeau measured on a nearby SBE45 but corrected for observed CTD/underway offsets; except used salinity measurement from pCO2 system when Drapeau data was unavailable