sea_water_potential_temperature_at_sea_floor

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Created: March 20, 2016

Proposer: Jonathan Gregory / Stephen Griffies

Proposed Date: 2015-01-30

CMIP6 - OMIP

proposed new ocean standard names to support CMIP6; Copernicus Marine Service standard_names

Change Date: March 20, 2016, 6:50 p.m.

Term: sea_water_potential_temperature_at_sea_floor

Unit: celsius

Unit ref: UPAA

AMIP:

GRIB:

Potential temperature adjacent to the ocean bottom (at the deepest grid cell).

Change Date: April 27, 2016, 1:11 p.m.

Term: sea_water_potential_temperature_at_sea_floor

Unit: K

Unit ref: UPKA

AMIP:

GRIB:

Potential temperature is the temperature a parcel of air or sea water would have if moved adiabatically to sea level pressure. The potential temperature at the sea floor is that adjacent to the ocean bottom, which would be the deepest grid cell in an ocean model.