Parameter: CTDSAL

Dataset: 
GP16 Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
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: 
CTDSAL
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
CTD salinity (PSS-78). CTDSAL is the calculated corrected value of salinity derived from the conductivity sensors on the CTD unit at the time of the bottle trip. CTDSAL is compared with SALNTY which is the PSS-78 value measured from the actual samples drawn from the niskin bottles themselves. Reporting both is meant, among other things, as a of show the goodness of fit, source of quality coding and offer alternative for measurements/calculations if one of those values is missing or lacking a good quality code.