steric_change_in_sea_surface_height
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Created: July 18, 2017
Proposer: Alison Pamment
Proposed Date: 2017-07-18
Rewrote definition to avoid using "degrees" symbol due to problems with the character encoding.
Change Date: July 18, 2017, 2:31 p.m.
Term: steric_change_in_sea_surface_height
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Sea surface height" is a time-varying quantity. The steric change in sea surface height is the change in height that a water column of standard temperature T=0°C and practical salinity S=35.0 would undergo when its temperature and salinity are changed to the observed values. The sum of the quantities with standard names thermosteric_change_in_sea_surface_height and halosteric_change_in_sea_surface_height is the total steric change in the water column height, which has the standard name of steric_change_in_sea_surface_height. The sum of the quantities with standard names sea_water_mass_per_unit_area_expressed_as_thickness and steric_change_in_sea_surface_height is the total thickness of the sea water column.
Change Date: July 18, 2017, 2:34 p.m.
Term: steric_change_in_sea_surface_height
Unit: m
Unit ref: ULAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
"Sea surface height" is a time-varying quantity. The steric change in sea surface height is the change in height that a water column of standard temperature zero degrees Celsius and practical salinity S=35.0 would undergo when its temperature and salinity are changed to the observed values. The sum of the quantities with standard names thermosteric_change_in_sea_surface_height and halosteric_change_in_sea_surface_height is the total steric change in the water column height, which has the standard name of steric_change_in_sea_surface_height. The sum of the quantities with standard names sea_water_mass_per_unit_area_expressed_as_thickness and steric_change_in_sea_surface_height is the total thickness of the sea water column.