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OAS datatype Detail for SIGMA-T, meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 3
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| Term: | SIGMA-T |
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| Definition: | A conventional definition introduced into oceanography for purposes of brevity. It is the remainder of subtracting 1000 kg m-3 from the density of a sea water sample at atmospheric pressure. The density of water ranges from from 1000 kg m-3 to about 1028 kg m-3
for the densest ocean surface water, so sigma-t ranges from about 0.00 to 28.00, with the units usually omitted. |
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| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2000-10-18 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2006-05-22 15:10:00+00 |