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Parameter: sal

Dataset: 
CTD_MOCNESS.25
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
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

salinity, calculated from the CTD 'primary sensors' of conductivity and temperature, Practical Salinity Scale, dimensionless.1 Depending on the input source, salinity from the primary sensors can have a variety of names i.e. s0, s00, s1, sal0, sal00, sal1. Change to DMO term sal.