Seawater conductivity refers to the ability of seawater to conduct electricity. The presence of ions in the seawater, such as salt, increases the electrical conducting ability of seawater. As such, conductivity can be used as a proxy for determining the quantity of salt in a sample of seawater.
coordinates :
lat depth lon time
data_product_identifier :
CONDWAT_L1
long_name :
Seawater Conductivity
precision :
6
standard_name :
sea_water_electrical_conductivity
units :
S m-1
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Summary QARTOD test flags. For each datum, the flag is set to the most significant result of all QARTOD tests run for that datum.
Seawater Density is defined as mass per unit volume and is calculated from the conductivity, temperature and depth of a seawater sample using the TEOS-10 equation.