Concept
Tendency of sea water temperature
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/tendency_of_sea_water_temperature/ | ||
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| Within Vocab | Climate and Forecast Standard Names | ||
| Definition | The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. Sea water temperature is the in situ temperature of the sea water. For observed data, depending on the period during which the observation was made, the measured in situ temperature was recorded against standard "scales". These historical scales include the International Practical Temperature Scale of 1948 (IPTS-48; 1948-1967), the International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968 (IPTS-68, Barber, 1969; 1968-1989) and the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90, Saunders 1990; 1990 onwards). Conversion of data between these scales follows t68 = t48 - (4.4 x 10e-6) * t48(100 - t - 48); t90 = 0.99976 * t68. Observations made prior to 1948 (IPTS-48) have not been documented and therefore a conversion cannot be certain. Differences between t90 and t68 can be up to 0.01 at temperatures of 40 C and above; differences of 0.002-0.007 occur across the standard range of ocean temperatures (-10 - 30 C). The International Equation of State of Seawater 1980 (EOS-80, UNESCO, 1981) and the Practical Salinity Scale (PSS-78) were both based on IPTS-68, while the Thermodynamic Equation of Seawater 2010 (TEOS-10) is based on ITS-90. References: Barber, 1969, doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/5/2/001; UNESCO, 1981; Saunders, 1990, WOCE Newsletter, 10, September 1990. It is strongly recommended that a variable with this standard name should have the attribute units_metadata="temperature: difference", meaning that it refers to temperature differences and implying that the origin of the temperature scale is irrelevant, because it is essential to know whether a temperature is on-scale or a difference in order to convert the units correctly (cf. https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/cf-conventions.html#temperature-units). | ||
| Date | None | ||
| Note | accepted | ||
| modified | 2024-05-20 20:39:49.0 | ||
| Broad Match | P04:G963 |
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature | |
P64:G963 |
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature | ||
P02:TEMP |
Temperature of the water column | ||
| Exact Match | http://mmisw.org/ont/cf/parameter/tendency_of_sea_water_temperature | ||
| http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/standard_name/tendency_of_sea_water_temperature/ | |||
P07:CF12N788 |
tendency_of_sea_water_temperature | ||
| Related | P06:KPRS |
Kelvin per second | |
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