The effects of biogeochemical processes on oceanic conductivity/salinity/density relationships and the characterization of real seawater
As seawater circulates through the global ocean, its relative composition undergoes small variations. This results in changes to the conductivity/salinity/density relationship, which is currently well-defined only for Standard Seawater obtained from a particular area in the North Atlantic. These cha...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00027358 2023-05-15T17:34:01+02:00 The effects of biogeochemical processes on oceanic conductivity/salinity/density relationships and the characterization of real seawater Pawlowicz, R. Wright, D. G. Millero, F. J. 2011-06 electronic https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-363-2011 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00027358 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00027313/os-7-363-2011.pdf https://os.copernicus.org/articles/7/363/2011/os-7-363-2011.pdf eng eng Copernicus Publications Ocean Science -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2183769 -- http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/os/os.html -- 1812-0792 https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-363-2011 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00027358 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00027313/os-7-363-2011.pdf https://os.copernicus.org/articles/7/363/2011/os-7-363-2011.pdf uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 2011 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-363-2011 2022-02-08T22:48:44Z As seawater circulates through the global ocean, its relative composition undergoes small variations. This results in changes to the conductivity/salinity/density relationship, which is currently well-defined only for Standard Seawater obtained from a particular area in the North Atlantic. These changes are investigated here by analysis of laboratory experiments in which salts are added to seawater, by analysis of oceanic observations of density and composition anomalies, and by mathematical investigation using a model relating composition, conductivity, and density of arbitrary seawaters. Mathematical analysis shows that understanding and describing the effect of changes in relative composition on operational estimates of salinity using the Practical Salinity Scale 1978 and on density using an equation of state for Standard Seawater require the use of a number of different salinity variables and a family of haline contraction coefficients. These salinity variables include an absolute Salinity SAsoln, a density salinity SAdens, the reference salinity SR, and an added-mass salinity SAadd. In addition, a new salinity variable S∗ is defined, which represents the preformed salinity of a Standard Seawater component of real seawater to which biogeochemical processes add material. In spite of this complexity, observed correlations between different ocean biogeochemical processes allow the creation of simple formulas that can be used to convert between the different salinity and density measures, allowing for the operational reduction of routine oceanographic observations. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA Ocean Science 7 3 363 387 |
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As seawater circulates through the global ocean, its relative composition undergoes small variations. This results in changes to the conductivity/salinity/density relationship, which is currently well-defined only for Standard Seawater obtained from a particular area in the North Atlantic. These changes are investigated here by analysis of laboratory experiments in which salts are added to seawater, by analysis of oceanic observations of density and composition anomalies, and by mathematical investigation using a model relating composition, conductivity, and density of arbitrary seawaters. Mathematical analysis shows that understanding and describing the effect of changes in relative composition on operational estimates of salinity using the Practical Salinity Scale 1978 and on density using an equation of state for Standard Seawater require the use of a number of different salinity variables and a family of haline contraction coefficients. These salinity variables include an absolute Salinity SAsoln, a density salinity SAdens, the reference salinity SR, and an added-mass salinity SAadd. In addition, a new salinity variable S∗ is defined, which represents the preformed salinity of a Standard Seawater component of real seawater to which biogeochemical processes add material. In spite of this complexity, observed correlations between different ocean biogeochemical processes allow the creation of simple formulas that can be used to convert between the different salinity and density measures, allowing for the operational reduction of routine oceanographic observations. |
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The effects of biogeochemical processes on oceanic conductivity/salinity/density relationships and the characterization of real seawater |
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The effects of biogeochemical processes on oceanic conductivity/salinity/density relationships and the characterization of real seawater |
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The effects of biogeochemical processes on oceanic conductivity/salinity/density relationships and the characterization of real seawater |
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The effects of biogeochemical processes on oceanic conductivity/salinity/density relationships and the characterization of real seawater |
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The effects of biogeochemical processes on oceanic conductivity/salinity/density relationships and the characterization of real seawater |
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effects of biogeochemical processes on oceanic conductivity/salinity/density relationships and the characterization of real seawater |
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